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Posted by: Margaret Wood
I recently re-read one of my favorite childhood books, Karen by Marie Killilea. The book recounts the struggles of the author’s daughter who was born with cerebral palsy and her challenges to lead a normal life. The author also mentions Frances Giden Berko who had cerebral palsy as well and this caught my attention because …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The following is a guest post by Andrew Winston, a legal reference librarian with the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Andrew has previously posted The Revised Statutes of the United States: Predecessor to the U.S. Code and An Interview with Gail Warren, Virginia State Law Librarian. While on holiday in the …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
Thursday, September 17th is Constitution Day and on this date we commemorate the signing of the Constitution. This day also recognizes those who have become citizens of the United States by coming of age or by naturalization. The Law Library frequently celebrates this auspicious day with a lecture or scholarly debate. Over the years we …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
To celebrate the opening of the renovated Law Library Reading Room (LLRR) we decided to provide some pictures of our new space. First up is a view of the the new reference desk and patron area. Next, our new entrance – please note we have a new room number, LM242. The renovated space now has …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
The Law Library Reading Room is preparing to move into its newly renovated space on the second floor of the Madison Building. A big part of this project entails moving the Reading Room’s collections into our new compact shelving. This work is done by the Collections Access, Loan and Management Division (CALM) of the Library …
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
As you may have seen from Andrew’s pics over the last several months, work on our Reading Room has been coming along apace. We are in the home stretch now as the new reference desk and other furniture are being installed. However, before we can transfer operations back to the renovated space on the second …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Since it is April, and today is Shakespeare’s birthday, it is time for our annual post on this great playwright. Last year, in honor of our upcoming Magna Carta exhibit, I blogged about the play King John. This year, in honor of Wolf Hall, I thought it would be fun to read and write about …
Posted in: Education, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Margaret Wood
I suspect most people would not find the United States Code a riveting read. And I have to admit, I would not chose it for my bedtime reading; but in the course of my work, I am continually amazed at the wealth of legislative and historical information that can be found in the U.S. Code–print …
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Posted by: Margaret Wood
As promised, here are the answers and the citations for yesterday’s post, April Fools’ Day Quiz – Star Trek Court Cases. Although some of the cases have been cited by elsewhere, I also tried to find others that are less familiar. And I discovered that composing made-up opinions was quite difficult! The best method seemed …
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