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Posted by: Andrew Weber
As winter winds its way to a close, snow has continued to fall this week in Washington. Kelly sent me a link to today’s Pic of the Week suggesting I tweet it. I liked it so much I thought it deserved to be today’s post. Not only is it a fun photo, but it has Congressional …
Posted in: Pic of the Week
Posted by: Francisco Macías
This is a blog post about Sylvia Mendez and the legacy of Mendez v. Westminster.
Posted in: Collections, Education, Hispanic American History, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
This week’s interview is with Suneewan Creech, the newest technician in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library. Although she’s not really new, Ms. Creech has been a contractor at the Law Library since 2008, managing the contract accessioning new materials into the collection. We are very happy to add her to our staff. …
Posted in: Collections, Interview
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Blog post about Hiram Revels, the first African American to serve in the United States Senate
Posted in: African American History, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Liah Caravalho
Today’s interview is with Kenneth W. Mack, inaugural Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law at Harvard University. Prof. Mack was a speaker at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival, where he discussed his book, Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer. He is also the co-editor of The New Black: …
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Interview
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. It is election season in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. This is the fifth election cycle in the country since democracy was restored in 1999 after many years of military rule. Elections conducted since then, particularly presidential elections, had been marred with various controversies, including …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Robert Brammer
It is often said that love can drive you mad. As further evidence, take the 19th Century case (see page 494) that is said to have introduced the defense of temporary insanity in American jurisprudence. This case resulted from an affair between the wife of a member of Congress and one of Francis Scott Key’s sons. In 1859, …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
Today’s interview is with Michele Chisholm, a copyright licensing specialist at the U.S. Copyright Office and the current president of the Library of Congress chapter of Blacks in Government (BIG). Describe your background. I am a native Washingtonian, who grew up in the segregated South during the peak of the civil rights movement. My …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Barbara Bavis
This post is coauthored by Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer, senior legal reference specialists. Today we would like to introduce you to one of our featured offerings on law.gov–the Global Legal Monitor. The Global Legal Monitor features timely news on legal developments from around the world, and is written by legal specialists at the Law …
Posted in: Law Library