The Law Library of Congress has created over 300 research guides to help users narrow their searches for resources on a wide variety of legal topics. The Law Library’s research guides are a useful source for beginning legal research, as they organize print and digital resources on specific research subjects in one place. The collection …
Today's blog post is part two of yesterday's post on the history of the American bar exam and explores the pioneers who broke through the discriminatory barriers over time.
The following is a guest post by Alice Condry-Power, a former intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is an undergraduate student studying English at Skidmore College. When you see a red sole on the bottom of a high-heeled shoe, where does your mind go? Many would connect this …
Today's blog post is about the Netherlands Carillon, gifted to the United States by the Netherlands to express gratitude for America’s aid to the Dutch people during and after World War II.
Clara Barton is well known as the “angel of the battlefield,” who tended to wounded soldiers during the Civil War, but she also played an important role in the United States’ entry into an international treaty. Following the Geneva Conference of 1863, the first treaty of the Geneva Convention was ratified by 12 nations in …
