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In Custodia Legis is Latin for “in the custody of the law,” a nod to the fact that the Law Library of Congress is a custodian of law and legislation for both the nation and the world. Our team of bloggers covers current legal trends, developments and enhancements to Congress.gov, issues in collecting for the largest law library in the world, legal history and arcana and a range of international perspectives including New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Israel, Eritrea, China, and Mexico.
In Custodia Legis is part of the American Bar Association Journal’s Blawg 100 Hall of Fame.
Authors
Barbara Bavis
Robert Brammer
Kelly Buchanan
Kurt Carroll
Jennifer Davis
Nathan Dorn
Jenny Gesley
Hanibal Goitom
Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
Jennifer González
Ruth Levush
Betty Lupinacci
Francisco Macías
Jim Martin
Kelly McKenna
Donna Sokol
Andrew Weber
Margaret Wood
Laney Zhang
Sources of selected images from site banner
Main Reading Room. View of statue of Law by Paul W. Bartlett on the column entablature between two alcoves. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. 2007.
Photographic prints of maquettes for a statue of Madison, James Madison Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Maquette of statue of James Madison. 1974.
Reading room of the Library of Congress’s historic Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Between 1980 and 2006.