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Posted by: Donna Sokol
Matthew Braun and Barbara Bavis represented the Law Library of Congress at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco earlier this month. Matthew and Barbara presented “How to Conduct Free Legal Research Online” – a wildly successful course that counted for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits. The conference’s expo featured a booth where the …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
I love the dome of the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. During a recent walk, I noticed the sky completely blue except for one cloud just above the flame atop the dome. Whether you call it the Flame of Knowledge, Torch of Knowledge, or Torch of Learning, it looks brilliant sitting at the pinnacle of …
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Posted by: Kurt Carroll
With daily posts on In Custodia Legis, it may appear that we never take a vacation. Fortunately, the blog team is big enough that we do have the opportunity for the occasional getaway. This leads to the old grammar school question, what did you do on your summer break? Today’s pic of the week answers …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
At the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference, the Local Arrangements Committee for the host city frequently offer local tours. This year I jumped at the chance to visit the Seattle University School of Law and its law library. One thing that jumped out as I was touring the law library was this LC …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Last weekend several Law Library of Congress staff members traveled to Seattle, Washington to attend (and present at!) the annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). It was an excellent conference and we all learned a lot, as well as making new connections and discussing our work with various people. In the …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
The Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, West Virginia was the second courthouse constructed in Charles Town, replacing a more modest structure that dated back to 1803. Built in 1836 on land donated by George Washington’s brother, Charles Washington, the courthouse is still in use today. Charles Town was the site of a trial that altered the course of our nation’s history. In …
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Posted by: Nathan Dorn
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The political right to pursue happiness is one of the truly unique contributions of the Declaration of Independence. Today’s pic of …
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Posted by: Francisco Macías
“I cannot tell a lie.”—George Washington As we approach the birthday of our country, I figured I would invite you to take a little detour to Fredericksburg, Virginia, the childhood home of George Washington (1732-1799). One would think that the childhood home of the man who came …
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Posted by: Nathan Dorn
At a recent public event, I presented a display of books from the Law Library’s Rare Book Collection including this unusually printed 1591 edition of Littleton’s Tenures. One of the attractive features of the book is that it contains two very nice engravings that were bound into it ahead of the title page. The engravings, …
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