Event Videos

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    The Supreme Court and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor A panel of distinguished legal experts will discuss Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, from varying perspectives, from clerking for the justice to arguing in front of her. Justice O'Connor's papers are held at the Library of Congress, and with her death in 2023, some previously restricted portions of the collection were made available to researchers. The…
    • Contributor: O'Sullivan, Julie Rose - Biskupic, Joan - Stohr, Kimberly Atkins - Rao, Neomi - Olson, Theodore
    • Date: 2024-10-04
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    Constitution Day 2024: The Taft Supreme Court In honor of Constitution Day, the Law Library hosts a discussion with Yale Law professor and former dean Robert Post on his book on the Taft-era Supreme Court. Post's book was produced as part of the Holmes Devise History of the United States Supreme Court series, where the Librarian of Congress serves on the committee for the Holmes Devise.
    • Contributor: Post, Robert
    • Date: 2024-09-11
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    Conversation with American Bar Association President Mary Smith American Bar Association President Mary Smith talks with Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut in celebration of Law Day 2024.
    • Contributor: Bulut, Aslihan - Smith, Mary
    • Date: 2024-03-11
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    2024 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan The Law Library of Congress and the Supreme Court Fellows Program presents a conversation with Associate Justice Elena Kagan.
    • Contributor: Kagan, Elena - Sutton, Jeffrey S. - Dow, Robert M.
    • Date: 2024-02-08
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    Conversation with Frederic and Molly Kellogg Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut interviewed Frederic and Molly Kellogg about their thoughts on the importance of studying jurisprudence and what led them to approach the Library of Congress with the idea to create the Biennial Kellogg Lecture in Jurisprudence.
    • Contributor: Kellogg, Molly - Bulut, Aslihan - Kellogg, Frederic
    • Date: 2024-01-11
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    How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again Authors Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett discuss their book, "The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again" in a conversation moderated by Ryan Reft from the Library of Congress Manuscripts Division.
    • Contributor: Reft, Ryan - Romney Garrett, Shaylyn - Putnam, Robert - Bulut, Aslihan
    • Date: 2023-07-20
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    Law Day 2023 - Civility and Collaboration: U.S. and International Perspectives Watch a conversation about how selected jurisdictions have worked to increase bipartisanship, knowledge of civics, and civic engagement.
    • Contributor: Gerstman, Sharon Stern - Cantekin, Kayahan - Levush, Ruth - Allard, Nicholas - Enix-Ross, Deborah
    • Date: 2023-06-03
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    Joining Together in Tocqueville's America Kevin Butterfield discusses his book, "The Making of Tocqueville's America: Law and Association in the Early United States." This event supports the new Library of Congress "Join In: Voluntary Associations in America" exhibition.
    • Contributor: Bulut, Aslihan - Butterfield, Kevin
    • Date: 2023-03-03
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    A Celebration of the Investiture of Ketanji Brown Jackson as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court This event features an interview with Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin by the Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden concerning Dean Brown-Nagin's book, "Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality." The event will also feature musical performances by the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Concert Choir, Patrick Lundy & The Ministers of…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    Lessons Learned from the Life of Constance Baker Motley: A Conversation with Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin The Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut interviewed Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin about her book, "Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley And The Struggle For Equality", and the lessons learned from Constance Baker Motley's life and work as a civil rights attorney; the first African American, female federal district court judge; and the first African American, female New York state senator.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    Constitution Day 2022: The Hughes Court: From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941 Harvard Law Professor Mark Tushnet will discuss his book on the Hughes-era Supreme Court in a conversation with the Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, Risa Goluboff. Professor Tushnet's book was produced as part of the Holmes Devise History of the United States Supreme Court series.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    Join In" Exhibition Opening Reception Library of Congress Kluge Center Director Dr. Kevin Butterfield interviewed Dr. Olivier Zunz about the life and work of Alexis de Tocqueville to celebrate the opening of the Library of Congress "Join In" Exhibition. Dr. Zunz is the author of the Tocqueville biography titled, "The Man Who Understood Democracy."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Office of the Librarian - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    15th-Century Manuscript on the Laws of War for Knights In this video, Nathan Dorn, the curator of the Law Library's rare book collection, discusses a recent acquisition, a 15th-century manuscript of a work on the laws of combat for knights called L'Arbre des Batailles (The Tree of Battles) by the Provençal author Honorat Bovet. This manuscript has previously been featured on "In Custodia Legis".
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    Document Signed by President Andrew Johnson Related to the 14th Amendment In this video, Nathan Dorn, the curator of the Law Library's rare book collection, discusses a recent acquisition, a document signed by President Andrew Johnson, giving the secretary of state warrant to affix the Great Seal of the United States to a presidential proclamation announcing Florida and North Carolina's ratification of the 14th Amendment.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    A 14th-Century Manuscript of Registrum Brevium In this video, Nathan Dorn, the curator of the Law Library's rare book collection, discusses a recent acquisition, a 14th-century manuscript of Registrum Brevium, a copy of the register of writs that were used to initiate litigation in medieval England.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    The Tree of Democratic Liberty: 2022 Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture on Jurisprude The Tree of Democratic Liberty: 2022 Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture on Jurisprudence. Dr. Jeffrey Stout presents his lecture, "The Tree of Democratic Liberty." As Dr. Stout explains: At a time when the United States electorate is sharply divided, it is an apt moment for a lecture on liberty: what the founders actually understood by liberty, the historical roots of this…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    Conversation with Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut and National Law Day Chair Orlando Lucero Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut interviews the American Bar Association's National Law Day Chair Orlando Lucero concerning this year's Law Day theme, "Toward a More Perfect Union: The Constitution in Times of Change." This video features introductory remarks by the American Bar Association President Reginald Turner.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    The 2022 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Join the Law Library of Congress for a discussion with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in part with the Supreme Court Fellows Program. The Supreme Court Fellows Program, founded in 1973, offers mid-career professionals, recent law school graduates, and doctoral degree holders from the law and political science fields an opportunity to broaden their understanding of the judicial system through exposure to federal…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2022
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    Jane Sánchez Memorial Tree Dedication The Library of Congress held a ceremony on November to dedicate a new magnolia tree planted on the Thomas Jefferson Building's west front lawn in honor of Jane Sánchez, who passed away on March 26. At the time, she was Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and Law Librarian of Congress. Sánchez's family and Library colleagues shared reminiscences and celebrated her life and…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2021
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    2021 Law Day Interview with ABA President Patricia Lee Refo To commemorate Law Day in 2021, Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and Law Librarian of Congress Jane Sánchez interviewed American Bar Association President Patricia Lee Refo on the topic of this year's Law Day theme, "Advancing the rule of law now."
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2021
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    Advancing the Rule of Law Now: A Global Perspective This panel discussion explores the rule of law from an international perspective; specifically, how the United States contributes to global understandings of the rule of law, including through funding of rule of law projects, championing rule of law principles in international entities and settings and cultivating an image as a rule of law country both at home and abroad. This panel is moderated by…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2021
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    Recent Additions to the Law Library of Congress Rare Books Collection Nathan Dorn displays a selection of new additions to the rare book collection of the Law Library of Congress.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2021
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    Debuting the Internal Legal Report Archive: Historical Legal Reports from the Law Library of Congress For nearly a century, the Law Library of Congress has produced thousands of research reports on a wide range of legal topics, with particular emphasis on foreign, comparative, and international law. Prior to the Legal Report Archive project, this trove of historical research and analysis was not easily accessible to users. Many paper reports lay hidden on shelves, while digital reports were buried in…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2021
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    Law Library: Legal Gazettes Joe Kolodrubetz joined the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library as a 2021 Junior Fellow to create metadata for the foreign legal gazettes digitization project. Legal gazettes are official sources of law printed by national and local governments throughout the world to announce decisions by courts, executive bodies, legislatures and other authorities. Metadata includes two types of information: first, information used by the…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2021
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    The Transformation of the Bill of Rights: Incorporation Doctrine and the 14th Amendment Kurt Lash's lecture will explore the history of the Bill of Rights and explain how those rights came to be protected against state abridgment by the 14th Amendment.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
    • Date: 2021