Upcoming US Law Webinars – February 2024
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the upcoming U.S. Law webinars taking place in February.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Event
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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post highlights the upcoming U.S. Law webinars taking place in February.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Event
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post is an interview with Librarian-in-Residence, Olivia Kane-Cruz.
Posted in: Law Library, Interview
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Join legal reference specialist Louis Myers and Librarian-in-Residence Olivia Kane-Cruz on Thursday, March 23 at 12pm for a Lunch and Learn Webinar on Recent Developments in US Foreign Relations Law and Research Strategies.
Posted in: Law Library, Event, Education
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Nathan discusses Joshua Montefiore, the first Jewish person to publish a law book in the United States.
Posted in: Collections, Jewish American History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post highlights new acquisitions of the Law Library related to Federal Indian and sovereign Indigenous law.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Native Americans
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The late Law Librarian of Congress and Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services Jane Sánchez worked to advance the Law Library of Congress by advocating for new and innovative initiatives. These initiatives, such as the Law Library of Congress Legal Research Institute, helped enhance the Law Library’s products and services, and expand our ability …
Posted in: Event
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Congress has dealt with issues of voter disenfranchisement on the basis of race throughout history. The question of suffrage for District of Columbia residents in 1844 demonstrated how the enfranchisement of D.C. residents and Black American men was interconnected. In that year, the Senate Committee for the District of Columbia, which held jurisdiction over D.C. from 1816 until …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Posted by: Robert Brammer
No, I’m not suggesting just hanging up a shingle without taking the bar. To do so would result in needing to get your own defense attorney instead of becoming one, since the unauthorized practice of law is a felony in many states. I’m referring to “reading the law,” the process of becoming a lawyer by apprenticing …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s interview is with Samantha Winslow, our newest technician in the Collection Services Division. Samantha was with us previously as a contractor and she decided to join our staff when the opportunity arose. We are certainly glad that she did! She brings with her a whole host of library and language experience. Describe your background. …
Posted in: Interview