Upcoming US Law Webinars - August 2024
By: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post introduces the upcoming U.S. Law webinars offered in the month of Augustin 2024 by the Law Library of Congress.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
Blogs Categories: Collections
Blogs Categories: Collections
Now Streaming: Rhapsody in Blue, Jeremy Denk and Jazz Interviews
The 2023-2024 season of Concerts from the Library of Congress came to a rousing conclusion on June 20 with a performance by New Orleans-based band Cha Wa. As final preparations are made for the 2024-2025 season announcement, the Music Division is pleased to share a multitude of concert and event videos that have been released …
Posted in: In The Muse
Guide to Law Online Nations Completed!
By: Anna Price
A post celebrating the completion of a years-long project converting the Guide to Law Online nations pages into research guides.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
Finding the Civil Code in French-Speaking Jurisdictions Worldwide
By: Bailey DeSimone
There are 29 independent jurisdictions where French is an official language. A new map shows how the civil code applies in these jurisdictions.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
Bite-Sized Legal Research Tutorial: Foreign Legal Gazettes Guide
By: Stephen Mayeaux
Announcing a new video tutorial on using the Law Library's Foreign Legal Gazettes Guide to navigate the Library's gazette collections.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
An Interview with Esther Markov, Intern
By: Elin Hofverberg
Today's blog post in an interview with an intern at the Law Library of Congress, Esther Markov, who works alongside Assistant Law Librarian for Legal Research, Peter Roudik.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
Folklorist Sidney Robertson and Her "California Gold"
By: Neely Tucker
The folklorist Sidney Robertson was one of the trailblazing American women of the 1930s and 1940s, the kind of life you’d associate with Martha Gellhorn, Dorothea Lange or Zora Neale Hurston. Her work directing the California Folk Music Project from 1938-40 is the subject "California Gold," a new book from the Library and the University of California Press.
Posted in: Timeless
Join us on 7/18 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on "Laws on Happiness: The Legal System and Legislation of Bhutan"
By: Taylor Gulatsi
Join us on 7/18 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on "Laws on Happiness: The Legal System and Legislation of Bhutan," for a guest presentation by Professor Ugyen Thinley of the Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law located in Paro, Bhutan.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
Upcoming US Law Webinars – July 2024
By: Taylor Gulatsi
Join us in July for our upcoming U.S. Law webinars featuring a presentation by the Oklahoma State Law Library as part of the Law Library's state law libraries outreach project.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis
LGBTQ+ Legal History in the U.S. Reports Collection
By: Bailey DeSimone
The U.S. Reports collection delves into historic Supreme Court cases which have ties to Pride month and the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights. Bailey highlights several from the twentieth century in this blog post.
Posted in: In Custodia Legis