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Archive: August 2012 (7 Posts)

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Glimpse of Law – Installment 6: The Members Room

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress.  Donna will be your virtual docent for a series of posts related to themes of law in the art and architecture of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building.  She has previously written on the mosaic vaults and paintings …

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Author Michael Connelly Wins 2012 Harper Lee Prize

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

Author Michael Connelly has won the 2012 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for his work, The Fifth Witness. The annual Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction is given to a book-length fictional work that “best exemplifies the role of lawyers in society, and their power to effect change.”  The University of Alabama School of …

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An Interview with Joanne Hsu, Summer Intern

Posted 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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An Interview with Professor Emily Kadens, Kluge Fellow

Posted 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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Now and Then: The Law Library of Congress circa 1935 – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress.  For an upcoming installation of the Glimpse of Law series, I was researching the Jefferson Building’s northeast pavilion.  It turns out that the Law Library’s offices used to be housed in that very pavilion, also called the Pavilion …