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Posted by: Donna Sokol
The Law Library staged a mock appeal for the Shakespearean character, Shylock, from the play, The Merchant of Venice. A full re-cap of the mock trial (including video!) is forthcoming, but we wanted to quickly share with you a scene from …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
Today’s interview is with Law Librarian Kirstin Nelson, a contractor on assignment at our sister institution the National Agricultural Library. Kirstin helped edit Congressional committee information at the Wikipedia edit-a-thon held at the Library in April. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Nebraska. In early childhood, I lived on the western side …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Jeffrey Harris, Presidential Management Fellow at the Law Library. Not a lot people know this about me, but before I started working at the Law Library of Congress, I used to be a football coach. Even though I was young for a coach at the time, the University of …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
This is a guest post by Janeen Williams, legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Grammar enthusiasts have long debated the utility of the Oxford comma. In the past, authors have been advised that usage of Oxford commas (also known as serial commas) is an issue of style and will be determined by …
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