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Posted by: Margaret Wood
In celebration of Valentine’s Day this past weekend, I have once again polled my blog colleagues for some of their favorite movies involving love and the law. As I noted in our 2014 post on Valentine’s Day, we seem to be somewhat jaundiced on the subject of love so not all the stories are happy …
Posted in: In the News
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
We’ve explored many types of documents in the Serial Set in our monthly series. Today, in honor of National Native American Heritage month, we will identify a Native American whose name appears throughout the Serial Set, and explore the legacy of his nation through the Law Library’s Indigenous Law Resources. Ely S. Parker was born …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Congress has dealt with issues of voter disenfranchisement on the basis of race throughout history. The question of suffrage for District of Columbia residents in 1844 demonstrated how the enfranchisement of D.C. residents and Black American men was interconnected. In that year, the Senate Committee for the District of Columbia, which held jurisdiction over D.C. from 1816 until …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This is a summary of the Navajo Code Talkers project and the contributions of the Navajo soldiers in the WWII effort.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Blog post describing the legacy of Chief Standing Bear.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
Tomorrow is National Skip the Straw Day and while all around Washington, D.C. people are skipping the straw or switching to non-plastic straws, it made me wonder about the current straw laws in the U.S., especially here in D.C., and how we got to this point. Throughout its history, the straw has received countless makeovers, but I …
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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
A brief description of the Indian Child Welfare Act and a list of resources for those researching the ICWA.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
A brief history of the Treaty of Bosque Redondo and the Long Walk Home.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans
Posted by: Liah Caravalho
When she entered the courtroom as a young attorney, Paulette Brown said, people often presumed she was the defendant, the court reporter, or even a juror. “I was anybody but the lawyer,” said Brown, now the president of the American Bar Association (ABA), in describing the obstacles she has faced practicing in the legal profession …
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