Foreign and Comparative Law Webinars
This page includes information about webinars regarding foreign, comparative, and international law issues, focusing particularly on those researched by the foreign law experts at the Law Library and the Law Library collections that support this work.
Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series
The Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series of classes is designed to shed light on some of the foreign, comparative, and international law issues researched by the foreign law experts at the Law Library of Congress.
Upcoming Webinars:
War and Lawmaking: Recent Legal Developments in Israel
Sep 26, 2024, 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join foreign law specialist Ruth Levush as she discusses legal developments in Israel following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack and its aftermath. Among topics that will be addressed are the declaration of war and of special situation on home front following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack; temporary legislation on detention of “unlawful combatants”; cyber security measures; restrictions on consumption of terrorism publications and on foreign broadcasters' activities; employment protection to hostages, evacuees, reservists and their families and military draft and its enforcement.
Ruth Levush, Foreign Law Specialist, Law Library of Congress
To sign up for this webinar, please visit this registration page.
Future Webinars
What's in a Legal Gender? A Guide to European Gender Determination Laws
Oct 29, 2024, 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join foreign law specialists Jenny Gesley and Elin Hofverberg as they discuss the regulation of gender self-determination in select jurisdictions in Europe. In particular, the webinar will focus 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 will be highlighted.
Jenny Gesley, Elin Hofverberg, Foreign Law Specialists, Law Library of Congress
To sign up for this webinar, please visit this registration page.
Review of 2024 LLC Research Products and Publications
Nov 21, 2024, 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Foreign law specialists at the Law Library of Congress regularly write reports for the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, and the judiciary on a myriad of foreign, comparative, and international law topics. Two foreign law specialists, Stephania Alvarez and Louis Gilbert, will highlight a select number of recently published reports and discuss the Law Library's research methodology and research resources available to Library users.
Stephania Alvarez, Louis Gilbert, Foreign Law Specialists, Law Library of Congress
Persons who attend all 11 programs in the 2024 Comparative and Foreign Law Webinars Course will be eligible to receive a certificate of completion electronically. The course is not accredited for CLE credit.
Download full 2024 Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar schedule
Recordings of selected past webinars are available
Lunch and Learn Webinar Series
Our Lunch and Learn Webinar Series takes a deep dive into the Law Library's collections and other legal research subjects, exploring topics such as rare materials in our collection and the United States Serial Set.
Upcoming Classes:
An Overview of Public International Law
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 1:00pm EDT
To sign up for this webinar, please visit this registration page.