About Me

Etymology:

scop (shop) n. An Old English poet or bard.

law (lô) n. A rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority.

scoff·law (skof lô) n. One who habitually violates the law or fails to answer court summonses.

scoplaw (shop lô) n. We’ll find out.

My name is RJ McCaffery - I’m a poet who works for a public defender.

I attended Georgetown University Law Center and graduated in 2007.  That's the same as "Georgetown Law" but it's far more confusing for everyone if we use "GULC," and so we do.  (Yes, "GULC" sounds like a kind of horrible throat noise.)   Although my identity is now public, I'd like to maintain some privacy for acquaintences and employers.  Please see the above Ground Rules Post for more on this.

At GULC I was in Section 3, which follows GULC’s alternative Curriculum B.  I have a BA in English Lit, and an MFA in Writing and according to the political compass, I'm Economic Left/Right: -8.38, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.41, which places me somewhere a bit further out than Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, and The Dalia Lama.

If you have any questions about Curriculum B, GULC, Poetry, or would like to shoot the shit about the World Champion! Red Sox!, (never get tired of saying that) feel free to e-mail me at scoplaw@gmail.com.

There's more info about me scattered about the blog (e.g., in the Intro Post, The Field Guide to the Scoplaw, and Personae and Masks posts).