Four Corners of Law, Charleston, SC – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
The post describes the four buildings at the intersection of Broad and Meeting Street in Charleston, SC.
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Justice Thurgood Marshall: 50th Anniversary of His Swearing-in to the Supreme Court
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Blog post commemorating Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice
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Maryland State House — Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The Pic of the Week is the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Acta de Independencia de Centro América — Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
On this day 196 years ago, September 15, 1821, the Acta de Independencia de Centro América declared independence from Spain for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
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Kudzu, Invasive Species and the Law
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Last weekend I was pulling English ivy off the corner of my house where it had grown over from the neighbor’s yard, and I reflected on the large number of invasive plants I see growing all over the national capital area: kudzu, porcelain berry, water hyacinth, callery pear, and tree of heaven. I wondered what …
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A New View of the Madison Building – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Andrew Weber
For those of you who closely observe In Custodia Legis, you might have noticed that I recently updated my biography on the blog’s About page. I am now in the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Library of Congress. I still work on Congress.gov, I just do it from a new location. We are in …
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Cornell University Law Library – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kurt Carroll
I was in Ithaca, N.Y. recently for a meeting of the Northeast Foreign Law Libraries Cooperative Group (NEFLLCG) hosted by Cornell University Law Library. This group meets semiannually to discuss collection development issues, new acquisitions, and ensure the law collections in the region sufficiently represent foreign jurisdictions. Whenever I attend a conference or meeting, in …
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Drawing Justice Gallery Talk on Legal Research – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Margaret Wood
Last week, I had the honor to give a gallery talk on the Library of Congress exhibit, Drawing Justice: The Art of Courtroom Illustration. As a co-curator for the exhibit, I had helped in doing legal research for information about the cases portrayed by the drawings in the exhibit. At the talk, I spoke about …
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Shylock Mock Appeal – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
The Law Library staged a mock appeal for the Shakespearean character, Shylock, from the play, The Merchant of Venice. A full re-cap of the mock trial (including video!) is forthcoming, but we wanted to quickly share with you a scene from …
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