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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
In late October and early November, people of Hispanic heritage remember their lost loved ones with ofrendas, colorful memorials to the dead that are decorated with sugar skulls, marigolds, papel picado, candles, favorite foods of the lost ones, and more. This time tends to be a celebration more than a mourning; when building an ofrenda …
Posted in: Collections, Hispanic American History, Law Library
Posted by: Anna Price
A discussion of the major treaties impacting Antarctica, scientific research, and environmental protection of the continent.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
This LGBTQ+ history month, Bailey explores one of two LGBTQ+ historical sites on the national register and examines the laws created to protect them.
Posted in: Law Library, LGBTQ, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Watch a recording of the 2023 Congress.gov Public Forum.
Posted in: Congress, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Join us in November for two U.S. Law Webinars as part of the Orientation to Legal Research and Orientation to Law Library Collections webinar series.
Posted in: Education, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Ruth Levush
Law Library report on "Legal Treatment of Unaccompanied Minors" Published. It provides information on the laws that apply to the protection and restrictions on eligibility for asylum for unaccompanied minors.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Robert Brammer
The Law Library of Congress invites applications for its 2024 Guggenheim Scholars Program
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Today’s interview is with Gerard Mosolo, a legal research fellow currently working in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Binga, in the north region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After elementary school, I went to a Catholic boarding …
Posted in: Global Law, Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
In summer 2023, the Law Library of Congress added foreign legal gazettes for the countries of Philippines, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Botswana.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library