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Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Andrew Winston, a legal reference librarian with the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Andrew has previously posted The Revised Statutes of the United States: Predecessor to the U.S. Code and An Interview with Gail Warren, Virginia State Law Librarian. While on holiday in the …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The Great British Baking Show is airing again this fall and I have to confess it is one of my favorite shows. I love the restrained and understated manner of the participants and judges, and enjoy picking up various tips and hints for my own baking. I am also fascinated by the British passion for …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
As you may have seen from Andrew’s pics over the last several months, work on our Reading Room has been coming along apace. We are in the home stretch now as the new reference desk and other furniture are being installed. However, before we can transfer operations back to the renovated space on the second …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Andrew Winston, a legal reference librarian with the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Andrew has previously provided an interview with this Virginia State Law Librarian for the blog. Imagine researching federal statutory law without using the United States Code, the official, current, subject-organized codification …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Living in the nation’s capital can make one rather jaded. Another presidential inauguration – another day of clogged metro and closed streets! The Cherry Blossom Festival – the cherry blossoms are always beautiful – but again the traffic is horrendous. But last Friday, May 8th, I witnessed a flyover of 15 World War II aircraft …
Posted in: In the News
Posted by: Margaret Wood
As promised, here are the answers and the citations for yesterday’s post, April Fools’ Day Quiz – Star Trek Court Cases. Although some of the cases have been cited by elsewhere, I also tried to find others that are less familiar. And I discovered that composing made-up opinions was quite difficult! The best method seemed …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
In honor of April 1st, April Fools’ Day, and actor Leonard Nimoy who played Mr. Spock in Star Trek, we thought it would be fun to challenge our readers with quotes from cases which cited or referenced Star Trek. Some of these quotes are from real cases and some from cases we concocted. In fairness …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
A brief summary of the gallery talk on Military Authority and the Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Posted in: Asian American History, Event, Law Library, Pic of the Week