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Law Library of Congress: News and Events
The Law Library hosts a number of programs throughout the year including a legal film series, speaker series, and recognition events. They are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
In Custodia Legis: March Retrospective
The Law Library of Congress has completed the eighth month of In Custodia Legis, and so far there have been over 175 posts. The blog just kept growing this month. The number of page views doubled from February to March led by our two most popular posts ever: Top Law Library of Congress Web Pages and Maps, Parliaments, and Trials: An Irish Sampler.
Visit the Law Library's blog, In Custodia Legis, for a quick recap of the posts in March including the most viewed posts, top commented on posts, and interview posts.
Law Library of Congress Event: New Online Database on Women's Legal Rights To...
In 1980, 66 countries signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which has since been ratified by 185 countries. To support the principles underlying CEDAW, in 2008 the American Bar Association (ABA) launched the International Models Project on Women's Rights (IMPOWR). The goal of the initiative was to establish an online collaborative database on women's rights under law.
Aileen Pisciotta, chair of the IMPOWR Task Force, will introduce and demonstrate the new website (www.impowr.org) at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 31, at the Law Library of Congress, located in Room LM-240 of the James Madison Building at 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. (Coffee and light refreshments will be served at 10:30 a.m.) The event is free and open to the public but seating is limited. Advance registration is required at lawguest@loc.gov.
More information is available at http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-055.html
Law Library of Congress Surpasses 5,000 Likes on Facebook
The Law Library of Congress recently passed 5,000 people who like us on Facebook. Are you one of them? It's a great place to interact with us and keep up to date with new legal and legislative developments.
If you're a fan, take a minute to click "Suggest to Friends" (right side, towards the top) and let your friends know about us too.
In Custodia Legis: February Retrospective
Visit In Custodia Legis for a quick recap of the posts in February including the guest posts, most viewed posts, top commented on posts, and the interview posts.
Next Week: "Father Chief Justice" Edward Douglass White and the Constitution
Next Tuesday, The Law Library of Congress Presents
A Play Preview by Paul R. Baier, Professor of Law
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 2 to 3:30 pm
Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540
RSVP at lawguest@loc.gov or call Tynesha Adams at 202-707-5065
Please request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at: 202-707-6382 (voice/tty) or email ada@loc.gov
Come experience a veritable New Orleans style jazz funeral depicting:
-Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. facing death in the Valley of Antietam
-Justice Holmes sitting in his living room on Constitution Day
-Chief Justice White's "Voice of the Fireside" at the Willard Hotel
Playwright and law professor Paul R. Baier takes you behind the scenes in the role of Professor Richard Henry Jesse, a close friend of Chief Justice White.
This Mardi Gras inspired play preview features:
Charles J. Cooper as Chief Justice White
Ronald S. Flagg as Justice Harlan
Tom Goldstein as Justice Brandeis
Donald A. Hoffman as Justice Holmes
Roberta I. Shaffer as Fanny Holmes
Jacob A. Stein as Justice Holmes
Celebrate and share the joy of life lived to its top!
A Play Preview: "Father Chief Justice" Edward Douglass White and the Constitu...
The Law Library of Congress Presents
A Play Preview by Paul R. Baier, Professor of Law
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 2 to 3:30 pm
Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540
RSVP at lawguest@loc.gov or call Tynesha Adams at 202-707-5065
Please request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at: 202-707-6382 (voice/tty) or email ada@loc.gov
Come experience a veritable New Orleans style jazz funeral depicting:
-Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. facing death in the Valley of Antietam
-Justice Holmes sitting in his living room on Constitution Day
-Chief Justice White's "Voice of the Fireside" at the Willard Hotel
Playwright and law professor Paul R. Baier takes you behind the scenes in the role of Professor Richard Henry Jesse, a close friend of Chief Justice White.
This Mardi Gras inspired play preview features:
Charles J. Cooper as Chief Justice White
Ronald S. Flagg as Justice Harlan
Tom Goldstein as Justice Brandeis
Donald A. Hoffman as Justice Holmes
Roberta I. Shaffer as Fanny Holmes
Jacob A. Stein as Justice Holmes
Celebrate and share the joy of life lived to its top!
www.loc.gov/law
In Custodia Legis: January Retrospective
Visit In Custodia Legis for a quick recap of the posts in January including the guest posts, most viewed posts, top commented on posts, and the interview posts.
THOMAS is Now on Science.gov
The 111th and 112th Congresses from THOMAS.gov have been added to the basic search on science.gov. Science.gov pulls together 200 million pages of government science information. Now you'll be able do scientific research and see relevant legislation all in one location.
Visit In Custodia Legis, the blog from Law Library of Congress, to read more.
Law Library of Congress Reaches 5,000 Followers on Twitter
The Law Library of Congress (@LawLibCongress) has surpassed 5,000 followers on Twitter. Are you one of them? It's a great place to interact with the Law Library and keep up to date with new legal and legislative developments.
If you're already a follower, take a minute to let your friends know about us too.
Greetings from the Law Librarian of Congress
Visit our website to read important Law Library of Congress updates from Roberta Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress. The holiday letter includes information on our research, staff updates, digital initiatives, publications, staff news, special events and programs, visitors, partnerships, and strategic planning and future directions.
In Custodia Legis: Blogging into 2011
Excerpt from In Custodia Legis: Blogging into 2011 -
At this time of year it's great to look forward to what the year might bring, but it's also a great time to look back on the previous year and what has been achieved. With that in mind, here's a recap of some of the events and achievements related to In Custodia Legis in 2010.
The Law Library's blog was launched on August 2, 2010, with our first post answering the question, What Exactly is In Custodia Legis? In the five months since that post we've now published over 100 items! (That milestone was reached just last week.)
We've written about a wide range of topics our blog team comes from different parts of the Law Library and that means we can share our knowledge about things like our collections, reference services (including Ask A Librarian), THOMAS, and the laws of different countries. Several posts written by guest bloggers have helped to expand our coverage and our own knowledge as well! We've also started a couple of regular features: Pic of the Week and our interview series, both of which have proved to be quite popular. We hope you've enjoyed getting a glimpse into the Law Library and reading about the different people that work here.
The number of visits to the blog has steadily increased since August. We publish at least one post every weekday and a large number of people (nearly 13,000) have signed up to get email alerts. There's also the option to subscribe to our RSS feed. We put links to all the posts on both our Facebook and Twitter pages too, so hopefully it's easy for you to follow us and find posts that might interest you.
Visit In Custodia Legis to see the ten most viewed posts in 2010.
THOMAS: The Last Update of the Year
This is the fourth set of enhancements to THOMAS in 2010. THOMAS was updated in January, June, and August. In this release, THOMAS links to GPO Access were converted to FDsys, search was enhanced, more detail was added to the Bill Summary & Status display, and additional metadata was added.
THOMAS was launched on January 5, 1995 in response to the bipartisan leadership of the 104th Congress that directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Named for the third president, the system represents Thomas Jefferson's ideals of an informed electorate. THOMAS is publicly accessible at thomas.loc.gov.
Founded in 1832, the Law Library makes its resources available to members of Congress, the Supreme Court, other branches of the U.S. government and the global legal community, and sustains and preserves a universal collection of law for future generations. With more than 2.6 million volumes, the Law Library contains the world's largest collection of law books and other resources from most countries of the world and provides online databases and guides to legal information worldwide through its website at www.loc.gov/law/.
Human Rights Day
The Law Library of Congress is pleased to present a new Commemorative Observation website on Human Rights Day.
Human Rights Day is observed each year to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. The adoption of the UDHR was proclaimed in resolution 217 A (III).
Visit our website to read more about Human Rights Day: http://go.usa.gov/1VF
Also, in recognition of Human Rights Day 2010, the Law Library of Congress will host a panel discussion on "Cultural Property Rights of Indigenous People." The event will be held at the Library of Congress at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10 in the Mumford Room, located on the sixth floor of the James Madison Building at 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington D.C. 20540. The event is free and open to the public. For more information see: http://go.usa.gov/1Wj
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