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An Interview with Sojin Park, Foreign Law Intern

Posted by: Ruth Levush

The following interview is with Sojin Park. Sojin is currently working as an intern in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background I am a Seoulite, born and raised in Seoul, a city of great charm and the capital of South Korea. My parents have always been very supportive of what my …

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An Interview with Gabriel Balayan, Fulbright Scholar

Posted by: Jeanine Cali

This week’s interview is with Gabriel Balayan, the Law Library’s first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence. Describe your background I was born in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, and spent my childhood there. I am very proud to be from Armenia, part of one of the world’s ancient nations, and the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state …

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An Interview with Nicolas Boring, Foreign Law Specialist

Posted by: Ruth Levush

This week’s interview is with Nicolas Boring, Foreign Law Specialist at the Law Library of Congress, who covers France and other French-speaking countries. Nicolas has recently been hired and we wish him “Bienvenue à bord” (welcome on board). Describe your background I am half French and half American. I mostly grew up in France, in the suburbs of Paris …

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An Interview with Bing Jia, Foreign Law Intern

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following interview is with Bing Jia.  Bing is currently working as an intern in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. Apart from some brief moves, I spent my childhood in Liaocheng, a historical and cultural city in Northern China.  The Old Town — which is shaded from the summer heat …

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An Interview with Sanaz Alasti, Scholar in Residence

Posted by: Ruth Levush

This week’s interview is with Dr. Sanaz Alasti, a Scholar in Residence at the Law Library of Congress.  Dr. Alasti is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Lamar University and an Iranian legal scholar.  This interview is conducted as part of a series of interviews that introduce our scholars and summer interns to In Custodia …

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An Interview with Chayada Polpun, Foreign Law Intern

Posted by: Ruth Levush

This week’s interview is with Chayada Polpun, 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. You may have noticed that Chayada missed the interns’ group photo we recently published …

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An Interview with Wilfried Tchangoue, Foreign Law Intern

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 …