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Posted by: Robert Brammer
We previously featured Senator Henry Clay’s law office as our picture of the week. Today, we bring you an image of his law license. I was fortunate to take a tour of Henry Clay’s estate, Ashland, and noticed his law license hanging on the wall. Ashland was kind enough to send me the high resolution scan of the license that you see pictured below. After …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Elections for Australia’s federal Parliament will be held this weekend on September 7, 2013. Initially, in January of this year, the then prime minister, Julia Gillard, announced that September 14 would be the election date. But in June a new prime minister, Kevin Rudd (who is also a former prime minister), took over and in …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by the Law Librarian of Congress, David Mao, who has previously written about state government contracts, Justifying Speed, and Food for Thought, among other topics. On a recent visit to St. Paul, Minnesota, I walked through a downtown public park—Rice Park. Looking up, I thought for a split second that …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The Law Library of Congress will host Professor Risa L. Goluboff in a celebration of Constitution Day 2013. The title of Professor Goluboff’s lecture is “How the Constitution Changes: Social and Political Aspects of the Law.” This program is part of the Law Library’s annual celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day–a federal holiday that is …
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