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A Short History of the First Native American Women Lawyers and Judges in the United States

November 7, 2024

Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi

Today's blog post highlights a brief overview of some of the first Native American women lawyers and judges in the United States.

Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library, Native Americans, Women's History

This image announces the upcoming FCIL webinar titled, Review of Law Library of Congress Research Reports Published in 2024. The webinar will take place on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST.

Join Us on 11/21 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar titled “Review of Law Library of Congress Research Reports Published in 2024”

November 5, 2024

Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi

Today's blog post announces the final Foreign and Comparative International Law Webinar for 2024. The webinar will review the most popular legal reports published by the Law Library of Congress in 2024.

Posted in: Collections, Education, Event, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library, Legal Reports

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Whose Time is it Anyway? A Brief History of Standardized Time Zones in the United States

November 1, 2024

Posted by: Jennifer González

This blog post summarizes the history of standardized time zones in the United States, including their development, implementation, and eventual codification as law.

Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library

How a House Becomes Legally Haunted: Stambovsky v. Ackley, The “Ghostbuster” Ruling

October 31, 2024

Posted by: Sarah Friedman

Today's blog post explores how houses can be legally deemed haunted and how that impacts the process of selling a "haunted house."

Posted in: Education, Guest Post, Law Library

Christy Amatos, Assistant Parliamentarian, Secretary of the Senate, official portrait in Washington, DC on September 16, 2024. (Official U.S. Senate photo by Ryan Donnell)

A Congress.gov Interview with Christy Amatos, Assistant Parliamentarian for the US Senate

October 23, 2024

Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi

Today's blog post is a Congress.gov interview with Christy Amatos, Assistant Parliamentarian for the US Senate and the decade she has spent working on Capitol Hill.

Posted in: Guest Post, Interview, Law Library

St Vincent Parrot (2). Photo by Flickr user Mark Morgan. May 29, 2015. Used under CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.

“Wholly Irreplaceable”—Endangered Species in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the CITES Convention

October 21, 2024

Posted by: Ruth Levush

This post addresses the protection of two endangered species in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post

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International Women Empowerment at the Law Library of Congress

October 16, 2024

Posted by: Ruth Levush

Today's blog post explains the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was signed for the Women’s Empowerment Project (WEP) International Program. WEP was sponsored by the Government of Taiwan in collaboration with the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Posted in: Education, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library

A black and white image of Mademoiselle Rhea displaying a flask in the garter on her leg during Prohibition.

Broads and Bootlegging: A Brief History of Women during the Prohibition Era

September 18, 2024

Posted by: Jennifer González

This blog article explores the lives of women in the prohibition era, during which some women became public drinkers, bootleggers, and Prohibition agents for the first time.

Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library, Women's History

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Charting the Course: What is the U.S. Board on Geographic Names?

September 6, 2024

Posted by: Jennifer González

This blog post details the history and responsibilities of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names from its creation to present day.

Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library

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