Today’s interview is with Conleth Burns, a foreign law intern working this summer in the Global Legal Research Directorate (GLRD) of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I grew up on a farm in a small rural village called Armoy, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. My mum was a local doctor; my dad was a …
This week’s interview is with Christine Ford, who is interning with the Law Library’s Public Services Division for three weeks. Jennifer is shepherding this interview for Donna Sokol while she’s away. Describe your background. I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and lived there for the majority of my life. I love St. Louis. I …
Today’s interview is with Ethan Sea Yoon Shim, a summer intern working in the Collection Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Seoul, Korea; I moved to the States in 2005. As a student attending James Madison University, I obtained experience in art and artifact …
Today’s interview is with KC Carter, a summer intern working in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was an army brat growing up, so we did a good bit of moving. I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but spent the majority of my school years living in Texas …
This is a guest post by Francisco Macías, head of the Iberia/Rio Office Section in the African, Latin American, and Western European Division (ALAWE) of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate. Francisco was formerly a senior legal information analyst in the Law Library of Congress. Born on September 12, 1931, in the port city of …
This month, we remember the history of Pablo Abeita, Isleta citizen, governor, judge, judicial clerk, postmaster, store owner, and representative for Isleta on the All Pueblo Council of Governors. Abeita was born in Isleta, New Mexico, on February 7, 1871, to a well-established family in Isleta; his grandfather Ambrosio lent $18,000 in gold to the …