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Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post by legal reference librarian Sarah highlights the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Code being signed into law. The Law Library is honoring this milestone by a Law Library Reading Room display highlighting collection items that explain the legislation surrounding H.R. 10000.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Digital Resources Division intern Arrington Crilly gives an insight into the Yurok Tribal Code and its history alongside U.S. law.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Native Americans
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
In this post, Nathan discusses a textbook on natural law by Thomas Rutherforth that the founding generation cited and discussed again and again.
Posted in: America 250, Collections
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
The Law Library has renamed and relaunched the Slavery and the Judiciary Collection. Former intern Emily Mizokami provides a brief overview and highlights a few noteworthy documents.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Anna Price
The second installment of two blogs posts discussing how to use the Law Library and the Manuscript Division to research US Supreme Court decisions.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Anna Price
The first installment of a two-part blog post discussing Library of Congress resources involving the Supreme Court decision Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces the upcoming U.S. Law webinars for the month of July, which includes an Orientation to Law Library Collections webinar featuring a presentation by staff from the Supreme Court of Ohio Law Library.
Posted in: Collections, Education, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
After a visit to southeastern Alaska, Bailey locates a U.S. Geologic Survey bulletin in the Law Library's collections that details a survey of the Matanuska Valley over 100 years old. Included is a map that also shows the Matanuska Glacier, a natural formation visible from the roadside.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Former intern Trisha Baillon chronicles the Federal Theatre Project, a public works program. Though short-lived, this initiative of the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration employed many Americans following the Great Depression and made a great impact on the cultural lives of everyday Americans.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library