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Nobel Prize-Winning Lawyers: Part Two

Posted by: Jennifer González

Yesterday I highlighted 14 Nobel Peace Prize winners who were leaders of their country before, during, or after they won the prize. Today, I will highlight 19 more winners with legal backgrounds. Many of these laureates were leaders in international law, disarmament policies, or helped to broker peace in time of conflict. Elihu Root was …

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Nobel Prize-Winning Lawyers: Part One

Posted by: Jennifer González

As Elin mentioned yesterday, the Nobel Peace Prize will be given out on Thursday in Oslo, Norway.  I was interested in the recipients this year, the National Dialogue Quartet, and while researching I found that one quarter of this organization was the Tunisian Order of Lawyers. That piqued my interest as to how many other …

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On This Day: Congress Moves to Washington, D.C.

Posted by: Jennifer González

On this day, 215 years ago, Congress met in the Capitol Building for the first time.  The Sixth Congress established the residence of the Congress and seat of the United States government in Washington, D.C. with the move on November 17, 1800.   The newly established United States had nine capitals between 1776 and 1800: Philadelphia, …

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Eastern State Penitentiary – Pics of the Week

Posted by: Jennifer González

On a recent trip to Philadelphia, I stopped at the Eastern State Penitentiary. Opened in 1829, this was the most famous and expensive prison of its time.  Tourists and researchers came from around the world to study this innovative prison system, including Alexis de Tocqueville and Charles Dickens. Eastern State Penitentiary was famous because it …

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Historical Statutes at Large Added to the Law Library’s Website

Posted by: Jennifer González

Last year, we added Statutes at Large to our Digitized Material page. Initially, each Congress from 1789-1950 had a webpage that included a large PDF file of all statutes for that congressional session. Then we began splitting the large PDF documents into smaller pieces, which meant that we had to browse each statute, add metadata to …

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Magna Carta Connection in Historic Jamestown – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Jennifer González

Magna Carta has had a great influence both on the United States Constitution and on the constitutions of the various states. Sharing in Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary, the Library of Congress celebrated with an exhibition and a year-long program of events. On a recent trip southeast, I stopped at Jamestown in the Colonial National Historical Park …

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An Interview with Noah Lapidus, Intern

Posted by: Jennifer González

Today’s interview is with Noah Lapidus. Noah has been working on the Indigenous Law Portal for several months as an LC Knowledge Navigators Intern. We have previously written about the Indigenous Law Portal several times, including an introduction to the Portal and our addition of Alaskan and Canadian indigenous laws to the portal.   Describe …

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An Interview with Allegra Chilstrom, Metadata Technician

Posted by: Jennifer González

Today’s interview is with Allegra Chilstrom. Allegra worked with us last year as an intern adding metadata to the U.S. Treaty Series, and we welcomed her back this year with a new class of interns to work on the Statutes at Large. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, and I’m happy to be …