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Posted by: Margaret Wood
We are now offering our webinar about the Law Library’s services and collections, Orientation to the Law Library Collections on a monthly basis. This webinar is one of several offered by the Law Library of Congress on U.S. law and legal resources. The July webinar will be held on Tuesday, July 28 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Click …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
This post is authored by Nicolas Boring, a foreign law specialist covering French-speaking jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. Nicolas has previously blogged about a Report on Right of Huguenots to French Citizenship and The Library of the French National Assembly – Pic of the Week, among others. July 14 is France’s national holiday. Often referred to as …
Posted in: Global Law
Posted by: Margaret Wood
May saw a number of enhancements for Congress.gov. Earlier in the month, Andrew told us about a new global search bar, the addition of committee prints and the translation of the Overview of the Legislative Process into Spanish. Later in the month, Robert brought us news of the redesigned Congressional Record header. This month sees …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
The Pic of the Week celebrates flags on Flag Day.
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
Interested in learning about some of the free legal resources we offer online? Consider joining us for the Orientation to Law Library Collections on Tuesday, June 23, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. This is another of the Law Library of Congress’s new webinar series on U.S. law and legal resources. Click here to register. The Orientation to …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
As we watch the United States take new steps in our space program, we also commemorate the 55th anniversary of the first American space walk on June 3, 1965. The Russian launch of Sputnik in 1957 had spurred U.S. development in space capabilities. The National Aeronautics and Space Act (Pub. L. 85-568, 72 Stat. 426), …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
A brief history of the Lincoln Memorial Commission for and dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Ann Hemmens, a senior legal reference librarian with the Law Library of Congress. We recently received a question concerning resources available for victims of domestic violence. During this coronavirus pandemic we are seeing news articles about the increased reporting of domestic violence, also called intimate partner violence. According to …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
This is a guest post by Max Spitzer, the precedents editor in the Office of the Parliamentarian, House of Representatives. On May 31, 1789, James Madison, then a member of the House of Representatives during the First Congress, wrote a letter to Edmund Randolph, who would soon after be appointed the nation’s first Attorney General. …
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