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Past Presentations
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Film, VideoLaw Day 2026: The Declaration of Independence and the Rule of Law On April 30 at 3 p.m., the Law Library of Congress and the American Bar Association cohosted our annual Law Day celebration. Dr. Andrew Shankman, in conversation with Dr. Kevin Butterfield, helped us celebrate Law Day and America 250 by discussing what the philosophical and historical context of the Declaration of Independence can teach us about the rule of law in America.- Contributor: Butterfield, Kevin - Shankman, Andrew - Flowers, Michael - Bulut, Aslihan
- Date: 2026-04-30
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Film, VideoA Historical Legal Analysis of Citizenship in the Democratic Republic of Congo Join foreign law specialist Louis Gilbert for a Foreign and Comparative International Law webinar on the historical legal analysis of citizenship in the Democratic Republic of Congo.In this presentation, Gilbert will trace the legal construction of Congolese nationality from the colonial period to the present, with particular attention to the North Kivu region, and examine how successive governments have used citizenship law to regulate…- Contributor: Gilbert, Louis
- Date: 2026-04-23
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Film, VideoOrientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations The Orientation to Legal Research series of webinars is designed to give a basic introduction to legal sources and research techniques. These orientations, taught by legal reference librarians, are typically offered once a month on a rotating basis.This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. federal regulations, including information about the notice-and-comment rulemaking process, the publication and citation of regulations, and the…- Contributor: Bavis, Barbara
- Date: 2026-04-16
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Film, VideoRole of Legislative Bodies in Arab League Member States: A Comparative Overview In the introduction, this webinar addressed the purpose of the Arab League, its members, its headquarters, the Secretary General, and the charter. Additionally, the webinar presented a classification of the legislative bodies in each member state of the Arab League, distinguishing between bicameral parliaments—comprising two chambers, as in Bahrain, Egypt, and Jordan—and unicameral parliaments, consisting of a single chamber, as in Syria, Lebanon, and…- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2026-03-26
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Film, VideoOrientation to Legal Research: U.S. Federal Statutes This webinar provides an overview of U.S. statutory and legislative research, including information about how to find and use the U.S. Code, the U.S. Statutes at Large, and U.S. federal bills and resolutions.- Contributor: Kane-Cruz, Olivia - Bavis, Barbara
- Date: 2026-03-19
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Film, VideoLunch and Learn Webinar: Navigating the Serial Set The webinar examines the history, contents and navigation of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, which spans more than 16,000 volumes.Learn about free online resources featuring Serial Set collections, including documents, reports and finding aids.The presentation also summarizes a years long project led by the Government Publishing Office and the Law Library of Congress to digitize the collection and make it available online.- Contributor: Meyers, Lewis - Price, Anna
- Date: 2026-03-10
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Film, VideoA Conversation with ABA President, Michelle Behnke The Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut interviews the President of the American Bar Association Michelle A. Behnke to discuss Law Day and the celebration of America 250.- Contributor: Behnke, Michelle - Bulut, Aslihan
- Date: 2026-03-05
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Film, VideoThe European Convention on Human Rights at 75+ – Toothless Tiger or Effective Enforcer? This webinar discussed the legacy of the ECHR and provided a brief overview of the rights protected in the ECHR and how they have evolved over time. It highlighted specific cases and interpretations of the rights by the ECtHR and how the execution of decisions is supervised. Concrete examples were shared to illustrate the ECHR’s impact, or lack thereof, on national law and policy…- Contributor: Gesley, Jenny - Hofverberg, Elin
- Date: 2026-02-26
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Film, VideoOrientation to Legal Research: Federal Legislative History For the Orientation to Legal Research (OLR) webinars, the Law Library’s Public Services Division librarians will provide legal research instruction on how to locate U.S. caselaw, federal statutes, federal legislative history, and federal administrative regulations.This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. federal legislative history resources, including information about the methods of identifying and locating them. In tackling this area of research,…- Contributor: Hemmens, Ann
- Date: 2026-02-05
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Film, VideoForeign, Comparative, and International Law Webinar: Legal Education in Eastern Africa The Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series of classes is designed to shed light on some of the foreign and comparative law issues currently being researched by the foreign law and international law experts at the Law Library of Congress. In this entry, guest presenter Judy Wairimu Ng’ang’a, a senior library assistant-systems at the Kenya School of Law, will examine the accessibility, challenges and…- Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal - Ng'ang'a , Judy Wairimu
- Date: 2026-01-29
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Film, VideoOrientation to Legal Research: U.S. Case Law The Orientation to Legal Research Series is designed to give a basic introduction to legal sources and research techniques. These orientations, taught by legal reference librarians, are typically offered once a month on a rotating basis. This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. case law research, including information about the U.S. federal court system, the publication of court opinions, methods for…- Contributor: Zarin, Jason
- Date: 2026-01-20
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Film, VideoCongress.gov Public Forum This is the public forum we hold to provide Congress.gov updates from the Library and our data partners, and also learn more from our users about how we can better serve their legislative information needs.- Contributor: Dennis, Jeanne - Swantner, Amy - Barber, Jackie - Karamanis, Jim - Tennenbaum, Michael - Reiter, Andrew - Donfried, Karen - Frazier, Emily - Weber, Andrew - McCumber, Kevin ... Dennis, Jeanne - Swantner, Amy - Barber, Jackie - Karamanis, Jim - Tennenbaum, Michael - Reiter, Andrew - Donfried, Karen - Frazier, Emily - Weber, Andrew - McCumber, Kevin - Laplant, Lisa - Pollock, John - Shapiro, Arin - Brammer, Robert - Conklin, Judith - Gullickson, Kirsten - Sweany, James - Bulut, Aslihan
- Date: 2025-09-30
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Film, VideoLunch and Learn: Federal Appropriations Research This webinar focuses on researching the legislative history and appropriations in the annual federal budget appropriations. It provides a review of the general appropriations procedure in Congress. It also focuses on resources for conducting legislative history research into appropriations, including annual CRS appropriation status tables, omnibus legislation, and members’ earmarks.- Contributor: Zarin, Jason
- Date: 2025-08-12
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Film, VideoItalian National Regulation in the Context of European Law This webinar analyzed the implementation of the European “AI Act” in Italy and assesses the main challenges in the context of Italian legal system as well as ponder the current and future implications of both EU and tentative domestic legislation on AI for Italy.- Contributor: D'orazio, Roberto - Figueroa, Dante
- Date: 2025-07-17
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Film, VideoThe Evolution of Surrogacy Law in France and Colombia Surrogacy and the adoption of children born through this practice have been the focus of significant legislative and jurisprudential developments around the world. The evolution of surrogacy in France and Colombia has different legal implications in each country.- Contributor: Alvarez, Stephania - Gilbert, Louis
- Date: 2025-06-26
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Film, VideoLaw Day: Interview with ABA President William Bay Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut interviews the American Bar Association President William Bay to promote Law Day. The annual Law Day event is cosponsored between the American Bar Association and the Law Library of Congress to commemorate Law Day. President Dwight D. Eisenhower established Law Day in 1958, setting aside a national day on May 1 to celebrate the rule of law and…- Contributor: Bay, William - Bulut, Aslihan
- Date: 2025-04-22
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Film, VideoYemen: The Judiciary and Governing Bodies in Houthi-Controlled Areas This webinar focuses on the Houthi rebel group (known as “Houthis”), which is a Shi’i non-state actor dominating northern Yemen. The group took its name from the Houthi tribe located in the north of Yemen. The webinar provides a closer look at how the judicial, legislative, and governing bodies work in areas controlled by the Houthi group. It offers a brief background about the…- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2025-01-30
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Film, VideoLocating Congressionally Mandated Reports This webinar provides an overview of congressionally mandated reports, including methods for locating these materials through archival, print, and online resources. Federal agencies are required by law to submit thousands of reports to the U.S. Congress and congressional committees each year, and historically these communications have been difficult to find. Learn how to use finding aids to track reports that were submitted to Congress…- Contributor: Price, Anna
- Date: 2025-01-28
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Film, VideoReview of 2024 Law Library of Congress Research Reports This presentation highlights some of the legal reports published in 2024 by the Law Library of Congress.This included reports covering numerous topics at the forefront of legal discussions such as the regulation of robocalls and robotexts, regulation of payments to former officials from foreign governments, book and media censorship in selected countries, climate change and historic preservation, regulation of assisted dying, legal treatment of…- Contributor: Alvarez, Stephania - Gilbert, Louis
- Date: 2024-11-21
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Film, VideoUsing Secondary Sources in Legal Research This webinar will provide an overview of secondary sources such as legal encyclopedias, treatises and dictionaries. In addition, the webinar will provide practical examples to show how these resources are used in practice. The presentation will demonstrate how secondary sources are an important step in the legal research method and how they can guide researches to primary sources. Many of the materials and content…- Contributor: Kane-Cruz, Olivia - Eberhart, Linnea
- Date: 2024-11-05
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Film, VideoA Guide to European Gender Determination Laws This webinar discusses the regulation of gender self-determination in select jurisdictions in Europe. In particular, the webinar focuses on the existence of gender self-determination laws, the possibility to identify as a third gender, the rules for changing a legal gender, and the use of “X” as a gender marker in passports, among other topics. Similarities and differences in the countries’ approaches are highlighted.- Contributor: Gesley, Jenny - Hofverberg, Elin
- Date: 2024-10-29
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Film, VideoAn Overview of Public International Law This webinar provides an introduction to the five sources of international law, as defined by Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice and the Restatement 3d: Foreign Relations Law of the United States. Both of these are considered prominent authorities on the creation and evolution of public international law. The presentation introduces and explains many of the resources featured in…- Contributor: Myers, Louis
- Date: 2024-10-01
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Film, VideoWar and Lawmaking: Recent Legal Developments in Israel On October 7, 2023, Israel experienced a coordinated brutal attack by Hamas. The attack resulted in the killing of over 1,200 Israelis and nationals of other countries, including the U.S., and the taking of about 250 hostages of various nationalities. Israel’s military issued a declaration of war, followed shortly by a government declaration of war and a special situation on the home front. The…- Contributor: Levush, Ruth
- Date: 2024-09-26
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Film, VideoCongress.gov Public Forum Library specialists provided an update on enhancements to the Congress.gov public website. Users had the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback on the site.- Date: 2024-09-18
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Film, VideoMaking the Economy Circular: Recycling Laws and Policies in Japan Japan has a legal framework for waste reduction and forming a recycling-oriented society. Japanese people are reported as being conscientious in their efforts to clean and sort materials for recycling. However, Japan often receives relatively low ratings on waste management. This webinar, presented by foreign law specialist Sayuri Umeda, explored Japan’s legal approach to waste management and to introducing new attempts to advance recycling.- Contributor: Umeda, Sayuri
- Date: 2024-08-29