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Posted by: Robert Brammer
Barbara Bavis, Ashley Sundin, and I are happy to bring you an introduction to Congress.gov. This video provides a brief explanation of how to use the new features in the latest release, such as accounts, saved searches, member remarks in the Congressional Record, and executive nominations. If you would like more in-depth training on Congress.gov, we hold bi-monthly …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This is a guest post by Ashley Sundin who was an intern with the Law Library’s Public Services Division this summer. Animal law is a rapidly growing area of law, especially in the past decade. The human-animal interaction comes in a variety of forms including companionship, agriculture, and science. As a result, animal law extends …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This post is coauthored by Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer, legal reference specialists. Whether it be in relation to marriage, the birth of children, adoption, or divorce, family law is one area of the law that affects nearly everyone. But even though family law is a part of daily life, legal issues in this area …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This post is coauthored by Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer, legal reference specialists The loss of a home to foreclosure can be devastating financially and emotionally. In this guide, we hope to provide you with resources that can aid you in researching a defense to a foreclosure action. Please keep in mind that foreclosure …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
This post was co-authored by Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer, Legal Reference Specialists. When discussing the use of witnesses at trial, attention often focuses on the use of witnesses in criminal actions, such as how eyewitness identifications are made or whether improper behavior, like witness tampering, has affected the outcome of a trial. However, witnesses …
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