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Posted by: Kelly Goles
In November, the Law Library of Congress will present webinars on federal statutes and an orientation to the Law Library’s collections. Attendees at the federal statutes webinar will have the opportunity to learn about the legislative process and how to trace federal statutes from their publication in the U.S. Code to their origins as bills. …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
Next month, our librarians will provide instruction on tracing federal regulations and using the Law Library’s print and online collections. More information about the contents of each class can be found below. Orientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations Date: Thursday, September 9, 11:00 AM EDT – 12:00 PM EDT Content: Provides participants with information …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
Next month, the Law Library of Congress will present two webinars. The first will be an introduction to the Constitution Annotated, which surveys and expounds how the Supreme Court of the United States has interpreted every provision of the Constitution throughout the nation’s history. The second will be an orientation to the collections of the …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
Next month, the Law Library of Congress Legal Research Institute will host U.S. law webinars on researching federal statutes, navigating Congress.gov, and utilizing the Law Library’s collections, including collections that can be accessed online. Information about the contents of each class can be found below. Congress.gov webinar Date: Thursday, May 6, 2:00 – 3:00 PM …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Dante Figueroa, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress covering Italian, Vatican, Roman, and Canon law. Join us on March 30, 2023, at 2 p.m. EDT for our next foreign and comparative law webinar titled, “Italian Legislative Framework for the Return of Unlawfully Obtained Artwork.” …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by George Sadek, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering laws of Arabic-speaking countries and Islamic law. Join us on February 23 at 2 p.m. EST for our next foreign, comparative, and international law webinar titled, “The Dilemma of Trafficking in Persons for the Purpose of Forced Labor and …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Michael Chalupovitsch, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering Canada and Caribbean jurisdictions. Join us on January 26 at 2 p.m. EST for our next foreign, comparative, and international law webinar titled, “Indigenous Governance in the Circumpolar Arctic.” Please register here. With the ongoing effects of climate change, the Arctic …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
This past year, we published more than 240 new posts on this blog, In Custodia Legis. These posts come from many authors, both on the blog team and guest bloggers, as well as intern bloggers, from across different parts of the Law Library and the Library of Congress. The blog team features representatives from our team of reference librarians, …
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Posted by: Kelly Goles
On November 17, 2022, at 2 p.m. EST, the Legal Research Institute of the Law Library of Congress will present the latest installment in its Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series. The webinar will provide an overview of recently published Law Library research reports, covering timely topics such as Investment Migration Programs of Visa Waiver Program …
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