Crime Writers and Law book?

[Jeff Ross]

For a current, and hopefully future, novels I am looking to add a bit of courtroom drama and a lawyer as one of the main characters. Can anyone suggest a 'Crime Writers Law' type book?  I don't think a full legal degree would be useful at this stage. ;)

[John Dishon]

Try these:

Making Crime Pay

Order in the Court

[Jeff Ross]

Thanks. I ordered order in the court. It looks exactly like what I need. I have lawyer friends but i don't want to bug them all the time. There are likely websites as well with this kind of information..

[Melissa Sugar]

Order in the court is a great book. You probably know by now that only one half of the book is devoted to anything criminal. The other half gives you an "in a nutshell" mini review of the other half of the law, civil law. Another book that is helpful is The Crime Writer's Reference Guide: 1001 Tips for Writing the Perfect Murder by Martin .
Like you said, you don't need the full ride at a law school and I am sure you know that there is not any one book that can provide enough reference for any subject. I have another suggestion. Here is the link to a page that has 100's of blogs to help ficiton crime writers. Some cover a variety of crimial issues or procedures and others are crime or case specific.
http://inreferencetomurder.com/html/blogs.html.
I was a prosecutor for 20 years and now I am in private practice (95% Criminal defense work). Good luck and I am happy to answer any legal questions or any quesions you have for an asssitant district attorney (chief asst.) Let me know if you have any questions. Melissa Sugar

[Jeff Ross]

Excellent suggestions. Thank you very much for the suggestions and the kind offer.