Rhode Island Declares Independence – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Rhode Island became the first territory to renounce its allegiance to England and King George III.
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Meet the Summer 2023 Creative Digital Projects Participants (1 of 3)
Posted by: Jennifer González
Our summer 2023 Creative Digital Publications project teaches students to write articles for potential publication on this blog. Read for a description of the project and the people in two of our groups.
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The 2022 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence: Dr. Jeffrey Stout – The Tree of Democratic Liberty
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Join us for the 2022 Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence! Dr. Jeffrey Stout will be the featured speaker of the event on October 27th from 3:30 – 5 p.m. EDT. His lecture will be titled, “The Tree of Democratic Liberty.” As Dr. Stout explains: At a time when the United …
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Meet the Summer Remote DRD Interns (2 of 2)
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Digital Resources Division celebrates our summer remote interns with short biographies.
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Meet the Summer 2022 Herencia Interns and Volunteers
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
Short biographies of the summer 2022 cohort of Herencia interns.
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Bill of Rights Day 2021 – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Today, December 15, is Bill of Rights Day, the 230th anniversary of the ratification of the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. On this day in 1791, the Virginia General Assembly completed the ratification process for those amendments. Virginia’s ratification of the Bill of Rights fulfilled the requirement that federal constitutional amendments must …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Indigenous Law Research Strategies: Settlement Acts
Posted by: Anna Price
A blog post about how to research Native American settlement acts.
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Makeup Dupes: The Law of Cosmetics and Trademarks
Posted by: Anna Price
The following is a guest post by Hannah Sullivan, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a current graduate student at the University of Rhode Island in the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) program. If you are anything like me, a big part of growing …
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Remote Interns for Summer 2020
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Digital Resources Division at the Law Library has had years of experience with remote interns, so we were well-prepared for this pandemic situation and quarantine! We were able to host over 50 remote interns and volunteers this summer to help further our goal of providing access to legal materials. We were also so glad …
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