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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
Through the generosity of Julie Chrystyn Opperman and in honor of her husband, Dwight D. Opperman, the Law Library recently acquired two volumes of an extraordinarily rare 1478 edition of the Casus breves of Johannes de Turnhout (c. 1446–1492). This new acquisition had its first public viewing yesterday at the Law Library’s 15th Wickersham Award …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Matthew Braun, Legal Reference Specialist. The Friends of the Law Library of Congress honored retired Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States with the Friends’ 2011 Wickersham Award at a ceremony at the Library of Congress on Monday, June 13. The Wickersham Award …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
The old Schoolhouse Rock lesson “I’m Just a Bill” provides a quick introduction to the legislative process. However, there is more detailed information available through the Law Library of Congress on the legislative process. There is a Legislative Process page in THOMAS which contains links to very detailed guides: the House of Representatives’ “How Our …
Posted in: Congress, Education, In the News, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Christine Sellers
I recently got a new smart phone and have started exploring apps that can help me keep up with Congress and do my job (Andrew has mentioned a couple before). I’ve compiled a sampling of apps for various devices. What’s your favorite app for getting in touch or keeping up with Congress? Information about Congress …
Posted in: Congress, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
In honor or Samoan Independence Day, the picture of the week depicts traditional Samoan houses.
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Pacific Islander History, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Christine Sellers
This week’s interview is with Bacilio Mendez II, an intern in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I’m a gay, first-generation, Puerto Rican from Reading, Pennsylvania. Most people recognize the name of my hometown because of the long-defunct railroad that lives on Monopoly boards, but thanks to my …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Brock Thompson, chair of LC GLOBE, the gay and lesbian employee association at the Library of Congress. Brock is also a former editor of In Custodia Legis. This spring, the Library of Congress added two small but important pieces of gay and lesbian legal history to the “Creating …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
In May, a lot of people learned about the actual date of Mexico’s Independence Day, in what turned out to be our most popular post of the month, Cinco de Mayo is Not Mexican Independence Day? We also celebrated with Law Day, Jewish American Heritage Month, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, and Eritrean Independence Day this month. It must be because …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
Monday, May 30, 2011, is Memorial Day. As our sister blog, In the Muse, wrote last year, Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday in May. Memorial Day was originally established as Declaration Decoration Day in 1868, three years after the Civil War ended, as a time for the nation to decorate the graves …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library