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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
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 …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
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 …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
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 …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
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 …
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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post will highlight the life and career of Bessie Margolin, including her most influential case Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Company, which has been compared to Brown v. Board in terms of its importance to U.S. law.
Posted in: Collections, Jewish American History, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The following is a guest post by Alexander Salopek, a collection development specialist in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. He previously wrote posts on Fred Korematsu’s Drive for Justice, Fred Korematsu Winning Justice, What a Difference 17 Years Made, Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, and …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Today's blog post discusses the history of civil rights activist, feminist and scholar Dr. Anna Julia Cooper, first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
A post on the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, or, the Old Bailey
Posted in: Global Law, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
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 …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, In the News, Women's History