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By: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Emily Carr, a Senior Legal Research Specialist in our Public Services Division. Describe your background. As a native of northern Virginia born into a Red Sox-Yankees household, I choose to be neutral and am actually a Nationals fan. Growing up in suburban Washington, I was fortunate to have access to the capital’s …
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By: Ruth Levush
This week’s interview is with Sophia Schick. Sophia is spending time working for the Law Library this summer as an intern in the Global Legal Research Center. In addition to the valuable contribution she is making, Sophia brings tremendous enthusiasm to her work. Describe your background. I grew up in Meersburg, a small town of five thousand inhabitants, …
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This week’s interview is with Kirsty McClay, who got what can either be considered one of the most coveted or one of the most dreaded intern spots in the whole Law Library – she got to work with me. Describe your background. I’m originally from Antrim; a small town in Northern Ireland, where I grew …
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By: Jeanine Cali
Describe your background. I grew up in Taipei City, Taiwan, with a younger brother and a younger sister. Taipei is a busy city that never sleeps. There are always lots of events going on. My parents own a small international trading company. Business was more straightforward back when my parents established their company; your store …
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By: Jeanine Cali
The following interview was conducted by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. Since January of this year, Professor Emily Kadens has been a Kluge Scholar at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. In her time here, she has given numerous presentations on her topic of study – …
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By: Francisco Macías
As it is summer, it is official summer intern season. Because there are so many post-secondary education institutions in Washington, D.C. and the greater Washington Metropolitan Area, the Law Library is fortunate to be able to draw from a vast pool of talented people—from all around the globe—looking to gain professional experience and exposure to the …
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By: Kelly Buchanan
This week’s interview is with Loi Huynh. Loi is spending time working for the Law Library this summer as an intern in the Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I was fortunate to grow up in a family where being a lawyer was …
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By: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Patrick who works as an Information Technology Specialist in the Law Library’s Information Technology Office (ITO). Describe your background. I am a Midwesterner and small-city person. I was born and raised in Sandusky, Ohio. Sandusky is a city on the shore of Lake Erie, about midway between Cleveland and Toledo. …
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By: Francisco Macías
In our day-to-day operations, as part of the greater Library of Congress (LC), the personnel of the Law Library have the opportunity and necessity to exchange and gain guidance, expertise, and insight from other personnel of the LC. The Office of Opportunity, Inclusiveness and Compliance (OIC), formerly the Office of Workforce Diversity (OWD), is one …
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By: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Megan Lulofs Kuhagen, a Legal Information Analyst in the Public Services Division. Meg has previously posted on a variety of topics including States in the Senate, House Committee Hearings Video, the Cardiff Giant, the Canadian Library of Parliament, football blackouts, and librarian services. We have interviewed Law Library staff and our colleagues from around the Library of Congress here at In Custodia Legis. But, …
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