The History of the U.S. Bar Exam, Part I – The Law’s Gatekeeper
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post is part one of a two part series exploring the history of the Bar Exam in the United States.
Posted in: Education, Guest Post, Law Library
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Expanding Wigmore’s List of 100 Legal Novels
Posted by: Jennifer González
John Henry Wigmore, American lawyer and legal scholar, created a list of 100 legal novels in 1908.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library
Upcoming U.S. Law Webinars – November 2023
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Join us in November for two U.S. Law Webinars as part of the Orientation to Legal Research and Orientation to Law Library Collections webinar series.
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Upcoming U.S. Law Webinars – September 2023
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Join us in September for two U.S. Law Webinars hosted by the Law Library of Congress.
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Digital Resources Division Interns for Summer 2023
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Digital Resources Division oversees several summer 2023 projects including metadata work on the U.S. Reports, HTML work for US Treaties, and reviewing story maps for publication.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Meet the Summer 2023 Creative Digital Projects Participants (3 of 3)
Posted by: Jennifer González
Our summer 2023 Creative Digital Publications project teaches students to write articles for potential publication on this blog. Read for a description of the project and the people in two of our groups.
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Meet the Summer 2023 Creative Digital Projects Participants (1 of 3)
Posted by: Jennifer González
Our summer 2023 Creative Digital Publications project teaches students to write articles for potential publication on this blog. Read for a description of the project and the people in two of our groups.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Dr. Mabel Ping Hua Lee’s Push for Suffrage
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month, when the Law Library celebrates the accomplishments that Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have made to American history, society and law. Dr. Mabel Ping Hua Lee, a twentieth-century Chinese American economist, was also a suffragist and a women’s rights advocate who worked within the Chinese American community …
Posted in: Asian American History, Law Library, Women's History
The Old Courthouse of the Dred Scott Decision
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The following Pic of the Week is a guest post by Alexander Salopek about the Old Courthouse of the Dred Scott Decision located in St. Louis, Missouri.
Posted in: African American History, Federal Judiciary, Law Library, Pic of the Week