Dr. Ralph Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Peace Negotiator
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Blog post about Dr. Ralph Bunche, the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner
Posted in: African American History, Law Library
Category: Law Library
Worst. Birthday. Ever. Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, United States Territories
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post describes the history of how Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands became part of the United States.
Posted in: Collections, Hispanic American History, Law Library
ADHD Awareness Month, IEPs and 504 Plans
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
October is ADHD Awareness Month. ADHD, which stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, “is a brain disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development.” ADHD is a complex mental health issue, as all mental health issues are, but this disorder is complicated because there are no physical …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Justice Thurgood Marshall: 50th Anniversary of His Swearing-in to the Supreme Court
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Blog post commemorating Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Posted in: African American History, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Maryland State House — Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The Pic of the Week is the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Kudzu, Invasive Species and the Law
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Last weekend I was pulling English ivy off the corner of my house where it had grown over from the neighbor’s yard, and I reflected on the large number of invasive plants I see growing all over the national capital area: kudzu, porcelain berry, water hyacinth, callery pear, and tree of heaven. I wondered what …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Providing Description for the Hispanic Legal Documents Collection (Take 2)
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This is a guest post by Dasha Kolyaskina. Dasha is working in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library of Congress as part of the Library of Congress’s Junior Fellows Program. The program’s focus is to increase access to our collections for our various patron groups. As a Junior Fellow at the Law Library …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
An Interview with Conleth Burns, Foreign Law Intern
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Today’s interview is with Conleth Burns, a foreign law intern working this summer in the Global Legal Research Directorate (GLRD) of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I grew up on a farm in a small rural village called Armoy, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. My mum was a local doctor; my dad was a …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
UK Supreme Court rules “Deport first, appeal later” power is unlawful
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The following is a guest post by Conleth Burns, a foreign law intern working this summer in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Recently, in the R (Kiarie) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 17 case, the United Kingdom (U.K) Supreme Court issued a decision concerning the ability …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library