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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Sayuri Umeda, Foreign Law Specialist in our Global Legal Research Center. Describe your background. I joined the Directorate of Legal Research (which was renamed as the Global Legal Research Center in 2010) of the Law Library in 2001. I used to have only two (or three, depending on how we …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Posted by: Christine Sellers
I’ve previously written about finding aids on the Law Library’s website, including our Guide to Law Online, Current Legal Topics, Finding U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, and How Do I Find…?. The Law Library of Congress also offers a Databases and eResources page to help patrons find electronic materials that are contained within databases …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
So how did we do in January? Not bad based on our stats. Our blog was viewed more this month than any other since we started back in August. There were several guest posts for In Custodia Legis this month, including two by Roberta Shaffer, the Law Librarian of Congress. She first posted a holiday …
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Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
Today is Data Privacy Day – “an annual international celebration to raise awareness and generate discussion about information privacy.” In Europe, it’s called European Privacy and Data Protection Day. The day, whether in North America or in Europe or other parts of the world, basically involves various corporations, government officials and representatives, academics, and students …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law
Posted by: Kelly Buchanan
The following is a guest post by Nicole Atwill, Senior Foreign Law Specialist. My husband was recently lamenting the loss of the second of his original law partners to a judicial appointment, this time to the Supreme Court of Virginia. When I mentioned that such a scenario would be extremely rare in France, the conversation …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Christine Sellers
The following is a guest post by Shameema Rahman, Legal Reference Specialist in our Public Services Division. Have you found yourself needing to research a jurisdiction that you know next to nothing about? Because I studied law in Bangladesh, I will use that country as an example to provide some tips on how you could …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Research Guide
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. It is that time again when so many of us reflect upon achievements, and shortcomings, of the previous year and look forward to keeping ambitious resolutions for the new year. In the past few days as the Law Library of Congress staff …
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. This holiday letter is also available in PDF. With the year drawing to a close, I want to send you my best wishes for the New Year and to provide you with important Law Library of Congress updates as we head into …
Posted in: Collections, Congress, Global Law, Gov 2.0, Guest Post, Law Library, THOMAS
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Our most recent “Power Lunch” was a discussion by our Foreign Law Specialist, Hanibal Goitom. He presented “Citizenship Issues Affecting Certain Ethiopians of Eritrean Origin.” His talk focused mainly on an international arbitration case that Eritrea and Ethiopia litigated regarding the citizenship of a group of Ethiopians of Eritrean origin who were denationalized by Ethiopia. …
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library