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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Blog post about the ill-fated ship, the Port-au-Prince, that landed in Tonga in 1806 and the legal claims to its treasure
Posted in: Collections, Education, Global Law, In the News, Law Library, Pacific Islander History
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
Describe your background. I grew up in Taipei City, Taiwan, with a younger brother and a younger sister. Taipei is a busy city that never sleeps. There are always lots of events going on. My parents own a small international trading company. Business was more straightforward back when my parents established their company; your store …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Tina Gheen
The Virtual Services Team in the Law Library has been looking for new ways to present our digital collections and information, so last week I decided to give ViewShare a spin. ViewShare is a free web application for generating dynamic views of data sets. It is based on the open source Recollection software developed by the …
Posted in: Gov 2.0, Law Library
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. Donna is your virtual docent for a series of posts related to themes of law in the art and architecture of the Library of Congress Jefferson Building. She has previously written on the mosaic vaults and paintings in …
Posted in: Education, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following interview was conducted by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. Since January of this year, Professor Emily Kadens has been a Kluge Scholar at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. In her time here, she has given numerous presentations on her topic of study – …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Francisco Macías
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress. Dante has written many blog posts on a variety of subjects: Canon Law Update; Citizenship in the Vatican City State; Medieval Canon Law; and The Papal Inquisition in Modena, just to mention a few. While reviewing …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jeanine Cali
The following is a guest post by Donna Sokol, Special Assistant to the Law Librarian of Congress. For an upcoming installation of the Glimpse of Law series, I was researching the Jefferson Building’s northeast pavilion. It turns out that the Law Library’s offices used to be housed in that very pavilion, also called the Pavilion …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Francisco Macías
As it is summer, it is official summer intern season. Because there are so many post-secondary education institutions in Washington, D.C. and the greater Washington Metropolitan Area, the Law Library is fortunate to be able to draw from a vast pool of talented people—from all around the globe—looking to gain professional experience and exposure to the …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
I enjoyed collecting feedback from my co-workers after last year’s American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) annual conference. I thought it would be a good idea to continue the tradition. This year’s conference was in Boston. In addition to snapping some library pictures while I was there, I presented with David, Tina, and Emily Feltren on …
Posted in: Event, Law Library