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Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Nicolas Boring who has previously written for the blog on a variety of topics including FALQs: Freedom of Speech in France, How Sunday Came to be a Day of Rest in France, Napoleon Bonaparte and Mining Rights in France, French Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights, and co-collaborated on the post, Does the …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
The Great British Baking Show is airing again this fall and I have to confess it is one of my favorite shows. I love the restrained and understated manner of the participants and judges, and enjoy picking up various tips and hints for my own baking. I am also fascinated by the British passion for …
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Posted by: Jennifer González
Magna Carta has had a great influence both on the United States Constitution and on the constitutions of the various states. Sharing in Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary, the Library of Congress celebrated with an exhibition and a year-long program of events. On a recent trip southeast, I stopped at Jamestown in the Colonial National Historical Park …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week, Education
Posted by: Margaret Wood
To celebrate the opening of the renovated Law Library Reading Room (LLRR) we decided to provide some pictures of our new space. First up is a view of the the new reference desk and patron area. Next, our new entrance – please note we have a new room number, LM242. The renovated space now has …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
The Law Library Reading Room is preparing to move into its newly renovated space on the second floor of the Madison Building. A big part of this project entails moving the Reading Room’s collections into our new compact shelving. This work is done by the Collections Access, Loan and Management Division (CALM) of the Library …
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Posted by: Liah Caravalho
In celebration of the 95th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, today’s pic of the week is from the Library’s Manuscript Division of women suffragist leader Alice Paul with other activists of the National Woman’s Party (NWP). On August 18, 1920, Tennessee General State Assembly member Harry T. Burn, at his mother’s insistence, cast the final vote needed …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
A lot has happened to our reading room over the last few months. One of the final steps is to have the new furniture assembled and arranged. You can see our new entrance, the beginning of the new reference desk, lots of chairs, tables, a little trash, and the microfilm reading room in the pictures …
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Posted by: Liah Caravalho
On Tuesday, July 21, I had the delightful, albeit hot and humid experience, of enjoying a night out with my colleagues and our 2015 summer interns at Nationals Park to watch the Washington Nationals play against the New York Mets. If you have been following In Custodia Legis, it probably does not come as a …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
I love to walk around Capitol Hill. From the Library of Congress and the Capitol Building, there are numerous views of the many beautiful buildings and fun and unusual things to see here. Today’s photos feature the statues in front of the Rayburn House Office Building. The building is a short walk from the Law Library’s home in the …
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