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Posted by: Jennifer González
On June 15, 1869, Arabella Belle Mansfield took the bar examination for the state of Iowa and and later that year became the first woman admitted to a state bar in the United States.
Posted in: Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post is about the Netherlands Carillon, gifted to the United States by the Netherlands to express gratitude for America’s aid to the Dutch people during and after World War II.
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy celebrates 30 years under this name and the Department of Energy.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post examines the history of Commemorative Postage Stamps and the process in which ideas for new commemorative stamps can be submitted.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
The Law Library's recently published legal research report, Regulation of Lobbying Activities in the Judicial Branch, is now available online.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog post discusses piracy and its modern application, especially concerning the corroboration with pirates in title 18, chapter 81 of the United States Code; 1651-1657 and the case United States v. Ali (2012).
Posted in: Guest Post, In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Felix Cohen noted that, “[f]rom the earliest years of the Republic the Indian tribes have been recognized as “distinct, independent political communities’” (Cohen 1941, 122). Despite the early nation-to-nation relations between tribal nations and the United States, self-determination was not codified. After termination policies of the 1950s were put in place, many tribal nations and …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the upcoming U.S. Law webinars taking place in February.
Posted in: Collections, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post is an interview with Sarah Bandini, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library