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Archive for the Event Category (217 posts)

Join Us for our 2020 Human Rights Day Event: Contact Tracing and the Right of Privacy

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This is a post by Jenny Gesley, senior foreign law specialist and Robert Brammer, chief of the Office of External Relations. 

The Law Library of Congress annually commemorates Human Rights Day with a special program that promotes understanding and recognition of a critical social, economic, or cultural human rights issue. This year, on December 10 at 3 p.m. EST, we invite you to join us for an online panel discussion titled, “Contact Tracing and the Right of Privacy.” Contact-tracing apps are one of the ways countries are trying to contain the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases to safeguard public health. However, as these apps also raise privacy and data protection concerns, appropriate safeguards must be put in place to ensure that the measures do not infringe on privacy rights. The panel discussion will explore national and international perspectives on how that balance may be achieved.

Human Rights Day 2020 Flyer. Created by Susan Taylor-Pikulsky.

Human Rights Day 2020 Flyer. Created by Susan Taylor-Pikulsky.

The panel will be moderated by Peter Roudik, the Assistant Law Librarian for Legal Research at the Law Library of Congress. The panel will consist of Law Library of Congress Senior Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley, University of Minnesota Law School Associate Professor Alan Rozenshtein, and NASA Associate Chief Information Officer for Transformation and Data and Chief Data Officer Ronald Thompson.

To register, click here.

Join Us on November 19th for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar – “Review of Recently Published Law Library Reports”

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The upheavals of the year 2020 will leave an indelible mark on legal systems throughout the world. This year, much of the work of the Law Library of Congress focused on the changes imposed by the pandemic. As part of the Law Library’s Legal Research Institute’s Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, on November 19, […]

A Recording of the 2020 Constitution and Citizenship Day Lecture with Michael J. Murphy is Now Available

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On September 17, 2020, Michael J. Murphy, a historical publications specialist with the Office of the Historian for the United States House of Representatives, provided a lecture for the Constitution and Citizenship Day celebration titled, “The Bulwark of Freedom”: African-American Members of Congress and the Constitution During Reconstruction.” Michael discussed the lives of the first […]

A Recording of the 2020 Kellogg Biennial in Jurisprudence with Martha Nussbaum is Now Available

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Philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum was the featured speaker of the 2020 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence, which was held on Wednesday, September 9th. Brian E. Butler, professor of philosophy and legal scholar at the University of North Carolina Asheville, interviewed Professor Nussbaum on “Philosophy and Life: Fragility, Emotions, Capabilities.” If you missed the live interview, we […]

Join Us on October 22 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on “World Trends in Elections and Campaign Financing Regulation”

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In recent months we have witnessed major changes in many areas, particularly following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the Law Library of Congress Legal Research Institute’s Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, we will be presenting a webinar on global developments in election and campaign finance laws, both before and during the pandemic. […]

October 2020 Law Library Webinars

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Once again we are publishing a brief post with information about the webinars being presented by the Law Library’s Public Services Division staff in October 2020. We have three webinars this month, including an introduction to Congress.gov, the Library’s legislative website. We will continue to publish separate posts about upcoming Foreign and Comparative Law webinars and you […]

Join Us for Our Second All-Virtual Herencia Transcribe-a-thon on October 7th!

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[Click here for the Spanish version of this post/Haz clic aquí para la versión en español.] In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, and the release of Phase 2 of our crowdsourcing campaign, Herencia, Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents, the Law Library of Congress will be hosting another entirely virtual Transcribe-a-thon on Wednesday, October 7, 2020.  This event is in […]

¡Acompáñanos al segundo maratón de transcripciones para nuestra campaña Herencia!

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[Click here for the English version of this post/Haz clic aquí para la versión en inglés.] En celebración del Mes de la Hispanidad y el lanzamiento de la fase dos de nuestra campaña de “crowdsourcing“, Herencia: Centuries of Spanish Legal Documents, la Biblioteca Jurídica del Congreso tendrá un segundo maratón de transcripciones completamente virtual el miércoles, 7 de octubre del […]

Join Us on September 24 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on “Worlds Apart: Legal Responses to COVID-19 in New Zealand and Sweden”

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Please join us for the Law Library’s upcoming webinar: “Worlds Apart: Legal Responses to COVID-19 in New Zealand and Sweden” at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, September 24, 2020. This webinar is the latest installment in the Law Library’s series of webinars focused on foreign and comparative law. In this webinar, we will discuss and compare the overarching policies and approaches of the two countries, outline the relevant laws, and a look at how the two governments have communicated with the public about the pandemic and the approaches taken.