The Library of Congress Welcomes the 116th Congress – Pic of the Week
Last week the 116th Congress was sworn in. We were busy working to prepare Congress.gov to include all the members. If you happen to visit the House Office Buildings, you might see this image on the...
View ArticleAn Interview with Abigail Grotke, Web Archiving Team Lead
This week’s interview is with Abbie Grotke. She is the web archiving team lead here at the Library of Congress. I have worked with Abbie on a variety of archive collections, including the Legal...
View ArticleIntern Stephanie Crespo Méndez Discusses Her Work with Rare Hispanic Legal...
The following is a guest post by Stephanie Crespo Méndez, an Intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. During my time as a Hispanic Association of Colleges and...
View ArticleThe Library of the French National Assembly – Pic of the Week
The following is a guest post from Nicolas Boring, foreign law specialist covering French speaking jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. During my most recent trip to France, I was fortunate...
View ArticleCongress.gov New, Tip, and Top for January 2019
We are excited to bring you our Unified Congressional Committee Calendar, a place where you can quickly view all of the House and Senate committee meetings and hearings scheduled for a given week or...
View ArticleNational Handwriting Day: John Adams Legal Complaint
When I saw that National Handwriting Day was coming up, I decided to consult with the Law Library’s Rare Book Curator, Nathan Dorn. This felt like a great opportunity to highlight an item from our Rare...
View ArticleRaoul Wallenberg – Swedish-American Collaboration in Protection of Hungarian...
Intersection at Independence Avenue- Raoul Wallenberg Place SW; Photo by Elin Hofverberg This upcoming Sunday, January 25, 2019, marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate the...
View Article2019 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture to Feature Justice Sonia...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Item from The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States The Law Library of Congress and the Supreme Court Fellows Program will present A...
View ArticleHoly Cow – Making Sense of Japanese Wagyu Cow Export Rules
The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a foreign law specialist who covers Japan and other countries in East and Southeast Asia. Sayuri has previously written posts for In Custodia Legis on...
View ArticleBaseball Card Litigation: Fleer v. Topps
Pittsburg[h] Base Ball Club, by New York: Goodwin & Co., c1887, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs DivisionIf you were not aware, the Library of Congress is the place for baseball cards....
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