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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This is a guest post by Ashley Granby Wolf, an intern in the Office of External Relations of the Law Library of Congress. Join us on July 26, 2018 for our live and free Congress.gov webinar hosted by the Law Library of Congress! Our legal reference experts, Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer , will demonstrate …
Posted in: Congress
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
I love my job. Starting today, and continuing into July 2019, the Library of Congress is hosting a new exhibit, Baseball Americana. I hope you all make plans to come and see this fascinating look into baseball and our culture. The Library has lots of interesting artifacts, bolstered by items and material from the Baseball …
Posted in: Collections
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Today’s interview is with María Daniela Jiménez. María Daniela is a Junior Fellow in the Collection Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Orange County, California, and have lived in the Bay Area, Arizona, Indiana, Mexico City, and Rome. I really enjoy moving. What is your academic/professional …
Posted in: Collections, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Describe your background I was born in Split, Croatia, but I spent most of my early years in Banja Luka and Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I have also lived and worked in Pristina (Kosovo), Zagreb (Croatia), Islamabad (Pakistan), and Washington, D.C. My family and I moved so often that one of the hardest things …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
Everyone is talking about the European Union‘s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which takes effect today. Recent news reports about misuse of personal data suggest that rules to protect personal data are essential in today’s interconnected (online) world. But what is the GDPR exactly? And why should you care about an EU law if …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. Svenska Akademien (the Swedish Academy) which was previously relatively unknown to most people, recently received heightened media attention because of internal disputes. The disputes involved allegations of sexual harassment against the husband of an Academy member, as well as allegations of financial impropriety (or at least …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Today’s interview is with Carl Hoff, a management analyst in the Office of the Assistant Law Librarian for Operations and Planning, who joined the Law Library team in April 2018 from the Department of Energy. Describe Your Background I grew up in Annapolis and moved to Nashville to complete my B.S. and M.Ed. at Vanderbilt University. …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes the Alexandria Courthouse in VA.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The following post is a joint effort by Jennifer Davis (collections text) and Betty Lupinacci (gazette curation and photo). Today, April 26, is World Intellectual Property Day. At the Law Library, one subject matter area most frequently requested by patrons from our collections is intellectual property law. Since our foreign law specialists are frequently producing …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library