Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top – May 2024
Posted by: Andrew Weber
With this release we are continuing to make progress on the Congressional Globe and added a Debates of Congress Help page.
Posted in: Congress
Archive: 2024 (192 Posts)
FALQs: Supreme Court Justice Selection in Norway
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. On May 1, 2024, the Norwegian Supreme Court Justice Normann turned 70 years old and, as a Norwegian state employee, will be forced to retire from Norway’s highest court. Next year, another justice, Arne Ringnes, turns 70. This has created two upcoming vacancies on the …
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law, Law Library
Upcoming US Law Webinars – June 2024
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces the upcoming U.S. Law webinars that will take place in June 2024.
Posted in: Collections, Education, Event, Law Library
Bite-Sized Legal Research Tutorial: Law Library of Congress Online Research Guides
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
The Law Library of Congress has created over 300 research guides to help users narrow their searches for resources on a wide variety of legal topics. The Law Library’s research guides are a useful source for beginning legal research, as they organize print and digital resources on specific research subjects in one place. The collection …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Research Guide
An Interview with Eva Dauke, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Today's blog post is an interview with foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress, Eva Dauke.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
New York’s 1912 Republican Presidential Primary
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post examines the 1912 Presidential Primary election and the candidates reactions leading up to the event.
Posted in: Collections, Education, Law Library
Reading SCOTUS: Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and his Black Book
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today on the blog, Ryan Reft from the Manuscripts Division brings us a post on Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and his "little" black book that documented books that he read, featuring authors that might surprise you.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Join us on 5/23 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on “Weaponization of Passports – Tool of War and Diplomacy: Legality, Methodology, and Impact of Russian ‘Passportization’ Policy toward Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova”
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post describes the upcoming FCIL webinar, taking place on May 23 on Weaponization of Passports - Tool of War and Diplomacy: Legality, Methodology, and Impact of Russian ‘Passportization’ Policy toward Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova.
Posted in: Education, Event, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Foreign Legal Gazette Collection – Winter 2024 Recap
Posted by: Jennifer González
This winter, the Law Library of Congress celebrated a significant milestone for the foreign legal gazettes collection with over 30,000 gazette issues now available online. Additionally, we added three new foreign legal gazette collections for Argentina, Chile, and Rwanda.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library