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This week’s interview is with Eduardo Soares, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress who covers Brazil and Portuguese speaking jurisdictions. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I started working at a law firm after entering high school, which most likely influenced me to pursue a …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Wilfried Tchangoue, a summer intern working in the Global Legal Research Center of the Law Library of Congress. It is part of a series of interviews that introduce our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers. Enjoy! Describe your background My parents are from Cameroon but I was born in …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This week’s interview is with Antoinette Ofosu-Kwakye, a summer intern at the Global Legal Research Center, Law Library of Congress. The Law Library’s internship program is in full swing and we plan to introduce all our summer interns to In Custodia Legis readers every week. Stay tuned. Describe your background I was born and raised …
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This week’s interview is with Irakli Kotetishvili. From Georgia (country), Irakli is doing his internship at the Law Library of Congress as part of the State Department sponsored Legislative Fellows Program. Describe your background? I was born and raised in Georgia (country) when it was still a part of the Soviet Union. I remember life …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
Meet Pamela Howard-Reguindin, Director of the Library of Congress field office in Nairobi, Kenya. Pamela and her staff collect most of the materials that Law Library staff as well as our patrons use to conduct research on various African jurisdictions. We are very grateful to them! Describe your background. San Diego, California is my home …
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Posted by: Hanibal Goitom
This interview is with Nana Ghvaladze, a parliamentary staffer from the Republic of Georgia who spent four weeks in October and November at the Law Library of Congress as a participant of the Legislative Fellows Program supported by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the American Councils for International Education, . Describe your …
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This week’s interview is with Barbara Bavis, a Legal Reference Librarian in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Barbara was a co-author of yesterday’s post on the electoral college and is joining the In Custodia Legis blog team – we look forward to reading more of her posts! Describe your background. I consider …
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This week’s interview is with Virab Khachatryan, a Foreign Law Specialist in our Global Legal Research Center covering select jurisdictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Describe your background I was born to a blue-collar family in Yerevan, Armenia, a small, friendly country, located in Eastern Europe. As a child, my parents taught me to …
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This week’s interview is with Emily Carr, a Senior Legal Research Specialist in our Public Services Division. Describe your background. As a native of northern Virginia born into a Red Sox-Yankees household, I choose to be neutral and am actually a Nationals fan. Growing up in suburban Washington, I was fortunate to have access to the capital’s …
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