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Archive: June 2012 (7 Posts)

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The Show Outside the Supreme Court – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

This week’s Pic of the Week is from outside our neighbor to the north, the Supreme Court.  I’m not sure if many of you heard, but they had some cases to announce this week.  Debbie, who specializes in federal government documents including the Supreme Court, made a trip to visit the Supreme Court yesterday morning.  When …

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An Interview with Patrick Ouellette, Information Technology Specialist

Posted 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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Meet Alexander Hoffmann: A Law Library of Congress Patron

Posted 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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Law in Fresco in the Vatican Museums

Posted 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 written about Roman law and canon law before at In Custodia Legis. On my recent trip …

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An Interview with Audrey Fischer, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of Communications

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Audrey works in the Office of Communications of the Library of Congress as a Public Affairs Specialist.  She has previously blogged about our Law Day event for the Library of Congress blog.  Audrey also helps craft Law Library of Congress press releases including one on the same Law Day event and on David‘s appointment as the Law Librarian of Congress. Describe your background. I was born …

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May Retrospective: Almost States, MLK, and Cinco de Mayo

Posted by: Andrew Weber

States and Cinco de Mayo were popular choices this month when linking to In Custodia Legis and also popular with our readers.  Samford University Library’s Government Documents blog liked Nathan’s post about the states we almost had.  The Lincoln Law School of San Jose Blog noted Meg’s States in the Senate post. The Law Librarian Blog thought Nathan’s …