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Our First Copy of South Sudanese Law

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

You may remember that in my July 9, 2011 post, I discussed the measures that the Law Library of Congress has taken in response to the birth of South Sudan. These included creating a Guide to the Laws of South Sudan page and getting our overseas offices to start collecting South Sudanese laws. On August …

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Your Place for Gazettes — Pic of the Week

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

The Reading Room and the Global Legal Resource Room are the two collection areas of the Law Library that are accessible to the public.  Today’s Pic of the Week is a look inside our gazette room, a collection space that is accessible only to staff. While patrons cannot browse the shelves, they may certainly request …

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Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Christine Sellers

I was recently vacationing in France and, while there, thought it would be fun to take a picture of a library to bring back for the blog. I managed to find the Bibliothèque National de France (BnF, the National Library of France) on the Rue de Richelieu. By law, every book published in France is …

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Hacker’s Law – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Bacilio Mendez II, an intern in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Computer hacking has been in the news a bit of late and we here at the Law Library of Congress thought that we would turn this confusing moment in the societal consciousness …

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Are Vacations Harmful? – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Christine Sellers

The following is a guest post by Bacilio Mendez II, an intern in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. For many Americans, summer means family barbecues and baseball, but there are those among us who dread this warmest of seasons for one reason in particular – flying. After the fireworks and …

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Loving the Job – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

If you want to know how much fun it is to be a part of the In Custodia Legis blog team, take a look at this outtake from Hanibal’s bio picture photo shoot. Hanibal enjoyed contributing guest posts so much (Nigerian Election, No Place Like Home, Interesting Topics, and Women’s Rights in Africa) that he …

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The Birth of Old Glory – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Bacilio Mendez II, an intern in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. We, the authors of the In Custodia Legis blog, would like to apologize. In all our excitement over Live Tweeting the 15th Wickersham Award Ceremony celebrating the Honorable Justice John Paul Stevens …

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The Honorable Justice John Paul Stevens – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

This has been a fun week to work at the Law Library of Congress.  We hosted the 15th Wickersham Award Ceremony on Monday where the Honorable Justice John Paul Stevens was presented with the award.  Our new acquisition, the Casus breves,  had its first public viewing.  William C. Burton received the first Blackstone Award.  I also brushed up …

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A Career in Law? – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Kurt Carroll

In this week’s staff interview, Hope O’Keeffe tells us she signed up for the LSAT after taking a class called, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  This inspired me to check the collection for books which may offer advice on becoming a lawyer.  Today’s Pic of the Week is a sampling …