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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The National Archives is just a short walk down Capitol Hill and across the National Mall from the Library of Congress. Currently, if you live in Washington, D.C. or are visiting, there is a very interesting exhibit titled Amending America. Each time I visit the National Archives I learn more about the great institution and new projects they …
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Posted by: Liah Caravalho
When she entered the courtroom as a young attorney, Paulette Brown said, people often presumed she was the defendant, the court reporter, or even a juror. “I was anybody but the lawyer,” said Brown, now the president of the American Bar Association (ABA), in describing the obstacles she has faced practicing in the legal profession …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Eduardo Soares, a foreign law specialist from Brazil who covers Portuguese-speaking countries at the Law Library of Congress. Eduardo has previously published posts about the Brazilian law collection, capoeira and the law, a Law Library report on citizenship pathways and border protection, highlights of the Law Library’s collection …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Eduardo Soares, a foreign law specialist from Brazil who covers Portuguese-speaking countries at the Law Library of Congress. Eduardo has previously published posts about the Brazilian law collection, capoeira and the law, a Law Library report on citizenship pathways and border protection, highlights of the Law Library’s collection …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The Law Library has put on a display of items from the Jewish American collection for Jewish Heritage Month.
Posted in: Collections, Jewish American History, Law Library
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Earlier this year the Law Library of Congress published a report on parliaments around the world. Kelly highlighted this report in a blog post that included some amazing pictures of parliamentary buildings. This inspired me to write about the oldest parliament in Northern Europe, which met at Thingvellir, Iceland. I was lucky enough to visit …
Posted in: Education, Global Law
Posted by: Liah Caravalho
The Law Library of Congress, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, will host a program on Tuesday, May 24 to mark the 500th anniversary since the establishment of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice in 1516. The program, “La Città …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Emerging Leader Award recognizes the contributions of newer members and their potential leadership and service in the profession. Law Library of Congress Legal Reference Specialist, Andrew Winston has been named one of this year’s Emerging Leaders. AALL is a national association which allows law librarians from county law …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
When President Obama announced the nomination of Merrick B. Garland, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on March 16, 2016, it garnered a lot of media attention. Thinking about my native Germany, I realized that I could not remember hearing or reading …
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