We hope you can join us for the continuation of our U.S. law webinars in 2026. In June, we are offering an Orientation to Legal Research webinar focusing on federal legislative history. Additionally, we will host another session in our
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The Citrus Industry in Florida
The following is a guest post from Courtney Wilson, an intern with the Creative Digital Publications Program of the Law Library of Congress. She is a graduate student studying Libraries and Information Science at Florida State University.
Join Us on 5/28 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Rules on Parliamentary Behavior in Australia and New Zealand
Please join us on May 28, 2026, at 10 a.m. EDT for our next foreign and comparative law webinar titled: “You Can’t Do That! Rules on Parliamentary Behavior in Australia and New Zealand.”
Please register to attend virtually.
During the
An Interview with Tanja Krüger, Foreign Law Intern
Today’s interview is with Tanja Krüger, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress.
Describe your background.
I was born in Berlin, the capital of
A Congress.gov Interview with Kristen Davis, Design Division Chief
Today’s Congress.gov interview is with Kristen Davis, Design Division Chief in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. She previously blogged about Volunteer for a Congress.gov User Interview, Congress.gov User Interview Update and Call for More Volunteers,
James Wilson and Natural Law in the First Years of the Republic
In a recent post on this blog, I wrote about David Hoffman, the early 19th-century lawyer who founded the University of Maryland’s first law school. In that post, I talked about Hoffman’s vision for legal education. He thought that
Japan’s Sports Promotion Act
The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a foreign law specialist who covers Japan and other countries in East and Southeast Asia in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Sayuri has
A Brief Legislative History of the U.S.-Canadian Border
On September 3rd, 1783, the United States of America secured its independence from Great Britain by signing the Treaty of Paris. (Treaty of Peace, U.S.-U.K., September 3, 1783, 8 Stat. 80). Not only did this treaty bring an
Congress.gov: BETA Deep Linking on USLM Texts Now Available
Today’s blog post is a guest post by Emily Frazier, a legislative data specialist in the office of the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Emily has previously published Modernizing Congressional Data – Statute Compilations are a Gift to Researchers and Congress.gov:
A Conversation with the Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut and American Bar Association President Michelle A. Behnke
To kick off the celebration of Law Day, the Law Library of Congress and the American Bar Association are excited to bring you a conversation between the American Bar Association President Michelle A. Behnke and the Law Librarian of