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Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog post summarizes the history of standardized time zones in the United States, including their development, implementation, and eventual codification as law.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
Our summer 2024 Creative Digital Publications project teaches students to write articles for potential publication on this blog.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
Our summer 2023 Creative Digital Publications project teaches students to write articles for potential publication on this blog. Read for a description of the project and the people in two of our groups.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog article tells the stories of two enslaved people, Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns, that escape in Boston, Massachusetts, and become fugitive slaves under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
An introduction to the fall 2022 fall cohort of remote interns working on the metadata for foreign legal gazettes.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Digital Resources Division celebrates our summer remote interns with short biographies.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
In this post, part three of four on the remote interns that worked with the Digital Resources Division this summer, we will highlight another 20 interns. Read parts one and two, if you missed them! This summer, our remote interns were in pursuit of their degree programs. Forty-nine of our students were in the final …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Digital Resources Division at the Law Library has had years of experience with remote interns, so we were well-prepared for this pandemic situation and quarantine! We were able to host over 50 remote interns and volunteers this summer to help further our goal of providing access to legal materials. We were also so glad …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This coming Monday, February 15, we will celebrate the federal holiday, Washington’s Birthday. You may be thinking, “my calendar says Monday is ‘Presidents’ Day,’ not ‘Washington’s birthday!’” Interestingly, the federal holiday is officially called Washington’s Birthday (5 US Code 6103) and is observed on the third Monday in February as established by Public Law 90-361 …
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