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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
If your family celebrates Christmas and expects a visit from Santa Claus, you and yours are hoping for a successful visit from the jolly old elf and his reindeer. Local, federal and foreign governments are doing their regulatory best to speed his mail and ease his journey across borders with foreign livestock, regardless of his …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Anna Price
As we ring in 2022, the Law Library is excited to welcome researchers back to our webinar series on U.S. legal research. Our first class of the new year will provide an overview of U.S. case law research, including an introduction to the concepts of precedent and stare decisis, the lifecycle of a court case, …
Posted in: Education, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Picture of the Week featuring the Capitol Christmas Tree
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The late Law Librarian of Congress and Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services Jane Sánchez worked to advance the Law Library of Congress by advocating for new and innovative initiatives. These initiatives, such as the Law Library of Congress Legal Research Institute, helped enhance the Law Library’s products and services, and expand our ability to assist patrons across …
Posted in: Event, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This month our fall 2021 remote metadata interns are finishing up their projects, and we must say goodbye as they head on to new adventures. But first, we want to introduce you to our wonderful cohort that has worked in the Digital Resources Division these last few months. These metadata interns have worked on projects …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Picture of the 50th lighting of the Washington Monument in Baltimore
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; and The UK’s Legal Response to the London …
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Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Last year, to mark the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower Compact, I wrote a post on this blog about the Compact’s origins and legacy in early American history. In that post, I wrote that the Compact served as a place-holder to acknowledge that the colonists were operating outside the region of North America that their …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Over the past year, the Law Library has held many webinars on topics concerning foreign, international, and comparative law, Law Library collections, as well as how to research U.S. case law, federal statutes, and federal regulations. The Law Library also presented its annual Law Day and Constitution Day events. If you missed any of these …
Posted in: Education, Law Library