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Archive: August 2021 (4 Posts)

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Law Library of Congress and Harvard Law School Collaboration Improves Access to Legal Collection Materials

Posted by: Robert Brammer

The Law Library of Congress and Harvard Law School are excited to commence work on a project to increase access to and discovery of national legal gazettes, manuscripts, and other legal materials. This multi-year effort will facilitate analysis and knowledge-sharing by the Law Library of Congress and the Program In Islamic Law (PIL) at Harvard Law …

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Join Us For Our 2021 Constitution Day Lecture with Professor Kurt Lash!

Posted by: Robert Brammer

On September 16th from 3-4 p.m. EDT, University of Richmond law professor Kurt Lash will present the Law Library of Congress annual Constitution Day lecture, which is titled, “The Transformation of the Bill of Rights: Incorporation Doctrine and the Fourteenth Amendment.” This lecture will be presented as a webinar. Please click here to register.  Constitution …

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Congress.gov August 2021 New, Tip, and Top

Posted by: Robert Brammer

At the end of July, Andrew shared the enhancements from the last Congress.gov release, which included adding Key Word In Context (KWIC) search results for the Bound Congressional Record and new customization options for bill alerts. With this month’s release, a link to the treaty errata tab from the overview section on treaty detail pages …

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Join Us for a Congress.gov Virtual Public Forum on September 2nd!

Posted by: Robert Brammer

Whether you are a professional who uses Congress.gov each day in the course of your work or an engaged citizen who uses Congress.gov to stay up to date on the latest federal legislative information, we invite you to join us for the Congress.gov Virtual Public Forum on September 2nd from 1-4pm Eastern Time. Please register …