Join us on June 16th at 2 p.m. EDT for a webinar titled, “The Most Improbable War: Legal Transformations in Ukraine and Russia Before and During the Invasion.” Please register here. This entry in our Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series will provide an overview of the historic roots of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It is …
Over the past year, the Law Library has held many webinars on topics concerning foreign, international, and comparative law, Law Library collections, as well as how to research U.S. case law, federal statutes, and federal regulations. The Law Library also presented its annual Law Day and Constitution Day events. If you missed any of these …
This is a guest blog by Anna Price, a legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Over the past few months, the Law Library of Congress has modified its course offerings in a variety of ways. We have introduced the Legal Research Institute, migrated our U.S. legal research orientations online, and hosted webinars on …
This is a guest post by George Sadek, a foreign law specialist with the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Islamic religious institutions, Ulema councils, and religious organizations in various Muslim countries around the world are playing a significant and complex role in reaction to governmental responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. …
The theme of our recent Law Day celebration focused on the separation of powers. Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez interviewed American Bar Association President Hilarie Bass about her work and the importance of the separation of powers in the United States Constitution. President Bass began by discussing her legacy, explaining that she wants to explore ways to …
This is a guest post by Laura Read Lee, a Junior Fellow in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. In this post, Laura describes the new page that she designed, “Bringing Congress to the Classroom.” The Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress has recently launched a new webpage …