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Archive: July 2013 (23 Posts)

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An Interview with Wilfried Tchangoue, Foreign Law Intern

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

This week’s interview is with Wilfried Tchangoue, a summer intern working in the Global Legal Research Center of the Law Library of Congress.  It is part of a series of interviews that introduce our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers.  Enjoy! Describe your background My parents are from Cameroon but I was born in …

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How Big is Too Big for New Zealand?

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

This past weekend New Zealand’s laws made an appearance in international news publications once again with headlines such as “South African Chef ‘Too Fat’ to Live in New Zealand” (BBC), “New Zealand Cites Obesity In Denying Chef’s Work Visa” (NPR), “Obese Man Faces Deportation” (Sky News), and “New Zealand Immigration Officials Say Man is Too …

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Congress.gov Continues to Grow: Committee Pages, Reports, & More Added!

Posted by: Andrew Weber

In less than two months, Congress.gov will reach its first birthday! During the last ten months, we launched Congress.gov, added the Congressional Record in January, and upgraded from Major Actions to All Actions in April. Today marks the next wave of enhancements! And there are several.  Those watching our @LawLibCongress Twitter account closely got to …

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Seattle University School of Law – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

At the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference, the Local Arrangements Committee for the host city frequently offer local tours.  This year I jumped at the chance to visit the Seattle University School of Law and its law library. One thing that jumped out as I was touring the law library was this LC …

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Lessons Learned from AALL in Seattle

Posted by: Andrew Weber

This year I attended my third American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting.  Two years ago in Philadelphia I did a presentation with Christine, Tammie, and Bob on THOMAS.  Last year in Boston, I presented with David, Tina, and Emily Feltren on Law.gov. This year, Tammie, Jeanine, and I went to Seattle to talk …

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State Government Contracts – A Research Guide

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. As part of the In Custodia Legis Research Guide series, my Law Library colleagues Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer recently wrote about government contracting. Their Beginner’s Guide is an excellent resource for learning about contracting with the federal government. I began to wonder …

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Seattle Central Library – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

Last weekend several Law Library of Congress staff members traveled to Seattle, Washington to attend (and present at!) the annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL).  It was an excellent conference and we all learned a lot, as well as making new connections and discussing our work with various people.  In the …