The following is an interview with Nichaya Soothipan, a foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress. Nichaya is the third intern we have interviewed this year. We will soon have many more interns working at the Law Library for various periods during the summer months. Describe your background. I was born and raised …
The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Moore, a librarian at the Law Library of Congress. Karin is our second patron to be interviewed. Alexander Hoffman was the first. Describe your background. Karin Linhart was recently here for five weeks in the Law Library of Congress doing research for her post-doctoral thesis. Karin is a native of Lauda, …
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 …
This week’s interview is with Jeffrey Helm. Jeffrey is an intern at the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Jeffrey came to the Library of Congress through the Hope College Washington Honors Semester program. During his internship he has been tasked with working on a second (and now third) iteration of the Hispanic Division’s Distant Neighbors: …
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 …
This week’s interview is with Linda Klein. Linda is chair of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates and a managing shareholder with the law firm, Baker Donelson. Describe your background. As a child I was fortunate to have known all four of my grandparents. Each of them taught me wonderful lessons. Amazingly, while each of …
This week’s interview is with Jason Steinhauer. Jason is a Program Specialist in the Office of Scholarly Programs of the Library of Congress. Describe your background. I’m a New Yorker through-and-through, in everything from how fast I walk to my subsistence on pizza and bagels. I was born at Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx and …
This week’s interview is with Jill MacNeice, an Information Architect in the Office of Strategic Initiatives of the Library of Congress. What is your professional history? I grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I went to college at Brown University in Rhode Island, where I studied something completely unrelated to what I do now. I …
The following is an interview with Faith Jo, who is currently working as an intern in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Center. The Law Library is proud to host a number of interns each year from all over the world. We hope to post many more interviews with interns throughout the year! Describe your …