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
Ninth Circuit Dismisses Class Action Claims on I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spray
Posted by: Anna Price
In an April 18, 2023, opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a class action lawsuit alleging that nutrient content claims for “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spray” (“Butter! Spray”) are misleading. The plaintiffs in this case were California consumers who alleged that the “product’s label makes misrepresentations about fat and calorie content …
Posted in: In the News, Law Library
Spring 2023 Program: CRS Bill Summaries
Posted by: Jennifer González
One of our spring 2023 projects is working on the CRS Bill Summaries and this is a description of the project and the volunteers and interns that are making it happen.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Spring 2023 Project: Legal Gazettes
Posted by: Jennifer González
One of our spring 2023 projects is working on the foreign legal gazettes. This is a description of the project and the volunteers and interns that are making it happen.
Posted in: Interview, Law Library