The Law Library of Congress recently hosted a group of legal analysts from a Moscow based non-government organization called the “Consulting and Legal Protection of People.” According to its director, Svetlana Boshno, the organization coordinates its activities with the Russian State Civil Service Academy under the Russian Federation President and works with members and staff of …
This week’s interview is with Peter Roudik, Director of the Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. I was born in Moscow, Russia into a typical Russian intelligentsia family. My parents taught me to appreciate books, art, and classical music. For 30 years I lived two blocks from the Red Square in this building. What …
The following is a guest post by Margaret Wood, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. She has previously posted on Law Day, the start of a new Congress, the debt ceiling legislation, and the relocation of state collections. Since our posts in March on the relocation of some general and state collections, we have completed additional work …
This week’s interview is with Robert Newlen. He is the Assistant Law Librarian for Collections, Outreach, and Services. Robert is an active participant on our blog. He reviews items before posting. Robert has been extremely busy leading up to this week coordinating the Wickersham Award Ceremony. Describe your background. I am a …
This week’s interview is with Matthew Braun, a Legal Reference Librarian in the Public Services Division. Describe your background. I have been Legal Reference Librarian at the Law Library of Congress since February 2009. My roots are in the Midwest, as I was born in South Bend, Indiana, have most of my extended family in …
This week’s interview is with Elizabeth Moore, a librarian in our Collection Services Division. Describe your background I’m a native New Orleanian, who lived there until coming to the Law Library in 2008. I grew up fourth in a family of six children. My father was a biology professor and a naturalist and my …
The following is a guest post by Roberta I. Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. Roberta has posted to the blog on multiple occasions including: Happy Old Year, The Law Library of Congress Strategic Plan Released, and My Trip to the Future. Another year has passed and I am pleased once again to send you great cheer and …
The Kenyan Law Reports (KLR), a free Kenyan Law database, was just announced winner of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) 2011 Website Award Competition. With this award, Kenyan Law Reports joins the ranks of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law websites that claimed …
A number of our Law Library of Congress colleagues retired at the end of October. Stephen Clarke, Mark Strattner, and Alvin Wallace are retiring this month after a long and productive service to the Law Library of Congress (LLC). We hope you enjoy our profiles on them. We are sad to see great friends leave, …
