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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. This post is a follow-up piece to Friday’s Pic of the Week. Happy Birthday to us! On July 14, 1832, Congress passed an act that brought the Law Library into existence. To celebrate our 180th anniversary, we saluted …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. Donna has previously written a series of posts related to themes of law in the art and architecture of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. On July 14, 2012, the Law Library of Congress will officially turn 180 …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante has posted on his Visit to the University of Costa Rica’s Law School Library and a previous visit and lecture by Professor Brewer-Carías. On June 20, 2012, Roberta Shaffer, Associate Librarian for Library Services, met with the …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
Our interview with Roberto Salazar on June 21 marked our 500th blog post. Additionally, we had a number of posts regarding law in art and architecture from Donna and Meg. Donna was our virtual tour guide for law in the Jefferson Building while Meg explored the Vatican Museums. We welcomed our scholar-in-residence Orin S. Kerr …
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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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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by David Mao, Law Librarian of Congress. He has previously guest posted Shreddy: From the Office of the Law Librarian – Pic of the Week, From the Desk of the Law Librarian, The Law Librarian in London, and Rebellious Children and Witches. This past Monday, Roberta Shaffer, Robert Newlen, and I …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
Today’s interview is with Lena Gómez, Law Library Reading Room Technician. We are happy to give the public a brief glimpse into her life; and as this is a parting interview of a colleague for whom we augur a brilliant future, we would like to take this opportunity to wish her much success in her …
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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. In the first installment of this series, she focused on …
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Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Cynthia Jordan, Senior Writer-Editor at the Law Library of Congress. As the program manager for the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation Program on Demography, Technology, and Criminal Justice at the Library of Congress, I am pleased to welcome Orin S. Kerr as the Scholar-in-Residence for the program. As Scholar-in-Residence, …
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