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From the Legal Report Archive: Bribery and Corruption Laws in Certain Middle Eastern Countries

Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux

The following is a guest post by John Al Saddy, legal research fellow at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Last month, the Law Library released an additional 250 digitized historical reports, many of which were previously unavailable to the public. These reports, in addition to those released in March 2020, are now …

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An Interview with Kit Arrington, Supervisory Program Specialist, Digital Resources Division

Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux

Today’s interview is with Kit Arrington, Supervisory Program Specialist (on detail) in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I embrace Washington, DC as home having made my life here for almost 30 years, including raising two daughters who are both home now finishing their spring college semesters online. Growing up …

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From the Serial Set: 188 Years of the Law Library

Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux

The following is a guest post by Bailey DeSimone, a library technician (metadata) in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. As pre-digitization of the United States Congressional Serial Set is underway, the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library is discovering fascinating facts about American legislative history. The Serial Set is an important …

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Marking the 474th Anniversary of the Commencement of the Ecumenical Council of Trent

Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux

The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Recently, I was reviewing a full cart of canon law books and found interesting materials related to the Catholic Church’s ecumenical councils. Ecumenical councils are “legally convened assemblies of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts for the …

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An Interview with Bailey DeSimone, Library Technician (Metadata)

Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux

Today’s interview is with Bailey DeSimone, a Library Technician (Metadata) in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. What is your academic/professional history? I received my bachelor’s degrees in history and global studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From my second week of classes as a first-year to my final …