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Posted by: Robert Brammer
Our picture of the week comes to us from the Library's historical newspaper database, Chronicling America. It is an advertisement for a Carbolic Smoke Ball.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Anna Price
Today marks Yellowstone National Park’s 150th anniversary. On March 1, 1872, President Grant signed into law a statute creating Yellowstone, making it America’s first national park. To celebrate this occasion, we have compiled legislative materials related to the park, including 19th century survey reports of the Wyoming Territory, bill texts, debates and votes on the …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Anna Price
A blog post about the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court.
Posted in: African American History, In the News, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Kelly Goles
We’ve all been asked the question, what do you want to be when you grow up? Last year, I attended a preschool graduation where four to five year olds were asked this very question. Their answers varied: a policeman, an ice cream truck driver, a teacher. Perhaps unsurprisingly, no one mentioned becoming a lawyer or …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Johannah Ball, who served as a fall 2021 remote intern transcribing and researching documents in the Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents crowdsourcing campaign at the Law Library of Congress. Herencia is a rich collection of Spanish government documents from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Many documents fit into definite …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
Picture of the Week of the Washington Monument in Boonsboro, Maryland.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Anna Price
On December 15, 2021, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia upheld an administrative decision finding that, in the United States, “gruyere” is a generic term for a type of cheese, and therefore ineligible for legal protection through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Gruyère is a geographic region of Switzerland …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
On March 10, 2022, at 2pm EST, Foreign Law Specialist Elin Hofverberg will present our next Foreign and Comparative Law webinar, “Green Energy in the Arctic: Regulatory Opportunities and Challenges in the Nordic Countries.” Please register here. Last year the Law Library published a report on Net Zero Emission Legislation Around the World. The report documents …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Military Legal Resources collection is now available online through the Library of Congress Collections page.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library