Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law, D'Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago Law School.
Chicago, Illinois
Joined April 2010
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More info re:
What in the World…is Happening? A Panel Discussion with #FCIL #Librarians on Current Events and How We Are Coping
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 2:30-3:30 ET
Registration: brooklaw.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
More info: fcilsis.wordpress.com/2025/0…
#foreign #comparative #international #law
Looking forward to attending this webinar on the impact of changes to U.S. government information sources on foreign, comparative, and international law (FCIL) librarians!
FCIL-SIS DEI: What in the World...Is Happening?
May 27, 2025 1:30 PM CT
#FCIL #law #librarians #govdocs
Looking forward to attending this webinar on the impact of changes to U.S. government information sources on foreign, comparative, and international law (FCIL) librarians!
FCIL-SIS DEI: What in the World...Is Happening?
May 27, 2025 1:30 PM CT
#FCIL #law #librarians #govdocs
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The new UChicago Data Mirror website has been launched to protect access to at-risk datasets. UChicago Library and @DSI_UChicago have begun by posting National Park Service data and Census Bureau TIGER/Line Files and Shapefiles. bit.ly/UChiDataMirror #data
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.@adamschilton has been appointed dean of the UChicago Law, effective July 1. “I strongly believe that the University of Chicago Law School is the world’s most academically outstanding and rigorous law school, and it is an extraordinary honor to lead it.” buff.ly/Vanal2y
ALT Adam Chilton appointed fifteenth dean of the University of Chicago Law School.
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The April Emerging Technologies Update is available! This month, in addition to covering news, two
@dangelolawlib librarians share their insights from the ABA Tech Show. Read more here lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/…
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Martha C. Nussbaum will discuss her recent book, "The Tenderness of Silent Minds: Benjamin Britten and his War Requiem," at @SeminaryCoop on Wednesday (4/30) from 5pm to 6pm (Central). buff.ly/Xyxow9D
The AALL Legal History and Rare Books Special Interest Section (LHRB)/The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition (for students in law, history, library science, or related fields): aallnet.org/lhrbsis/awards-g… Deadline: June 20, 2025
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Our patrons have now successfully unlocked the Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law for a global audience.
Learn about our latest open access initiative here: oxford.ly/44nyQe8 @biall_uk
ALT Anyone can now access the Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law. Find out more.
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“Academic freedom demands the widest possible latitude for individual scholars to teach and research as they see fit, but it also has a collective component. This is the requirement that academic decisions be made by academics,” writes Prof. @tomginsburg. buff.ly/6j5pF6I
Great news to hear!
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is now free and open to all.
ilsa.org/2025/04/03/max-plan… #MPEPIL #international #law #OpenAccess
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Research Guide League of Nations (updated) peacepalacelibrary.nl/resear… This Research Guide is intended as a starting point for research on the League of Nations. It provides the basic (legal) materials available in the Peace Palace Library
High Court of Australia - Seminal Case Files
"This database contains High Court of Australia case files of the seminal cases [37 landmark cases] as selected by the current Justices of the High Court of Australia (September 2023)"
austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewd… #AustLII #australia #law
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@austlii has completed the digitisation of the High Court Seminal Case Files. 37 cases, 3155 documents, 72,039 pages. austlii.edu.au/austlii/annou…
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AustLII will host the 2025 Law Via Internet Conference lvi2025.org & meeting of the Free Access to Law Movement falm.info. Call for Papers: lvi2025.org/callforpapers/ Registration: secure.austlii.edu.au/cgi-eg…. We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney.
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In honor of Women's History Month, we remember UChicago alum Katherine Dunham, PhB’36—a dancer and anthropologist who revolutionized dance through her study of African and Caribbean dance traditions.
Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6016q9zj8
"Celebrating Women in the Judiciary"
DLL News (@dangelolawlib)
March 18, 2025
(review of Her Honor: Stories of Challenge and Triumph from Women Judges, Lauren Stiller Rikleen, ed. (ABA, 2023)
2024 Green Bag Almanac and Reader 74, 75
lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/… #WomensHistoryMonth
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For the first time in over 30 years, a UChicago Law team is heading to the international rounds of the Jessup Moot Court Competition! Congrats to Anna Schmitt, Sahar Omer, David Clifton, Daniela Apodaca, & Letian Wang (all 3Ls) on this huge achievement! buff.ly/HmjZtbi
ALT The five student members of the Jessup Team.
ALT Three students at the regional competition, sitting at counsel's table.
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New Issue of International Journal of Legal Information now available
📚 cup.org/3DXHBAO
#IJLI #lawlibrarian
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The @dangelolawlib "Women Who Made Legal History" post features Patsy Takemoto Mink, J.D. ’51, who was the first woman of color elected to Congress and the principal author of Title IX legislation which prohibits sex-based discrimination. Read more here lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/…
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In honor of Women’s History Month, we remember Patsy Takemoto Mink, a passionate leader and politician who devoted her career to uplifting women and minorities. When Mink graduated from UChicago Law in 1951, she was 1 of 2 women in the graduating class. buff.ly/wFpGyK3
ALT The Class of 1951 stands in front of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. All but one are men wearing suits. Patsy Mink stands centered in front in a dark dress.
ALT Patsy Mink with Abner Mikva on the Capitol steps in 1976.
ALT Rendering of Patsy Takemoto Mink on US quarter. She wears a Hawaiian lei in front of the US Capitol and holds papers that say Title IX. The coin also says "Equal Opportunity in Education."