As I noted earlier, it really isn’t necessary for the District’s laws to refer repeatedly to the “Mayor of the District of Columbia.” Really, “Mayor” is just fine. And if you weren’t sure, we even have a law that says…
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The biography game
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I’m still reading Wolf Hall, but my library is now open on Sundays! and with concern that the federal government shutdown will continue beyond the point at which the District can remain open, I took a break from working on…
You-Lee-Muh
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This semester I am doing an independent study, tentatively entitled “The dual challenges of online legal publication: hackability vs. authenticability.” I’ve committed to submitting the literature review section of my paper to my advisor by Tuesday. (Or ON Tuesday?) Consequently,…
Close reading, episode 2
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“not less than 48 hours or 2 business days, whichever is greater”* Let’s see here. 48 hours is two days. There’s no getting around that one. Two business days might be longer if there’s a weekend or a holiday (or…
HLS
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Sometime around late February last year, I saw a tweet that referred to “HLS.” You all know that I went to Harvard Law School, right? I mean, I don’t tend to boast about it, but I did, and I’m sure…
Close reading
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It’s time for another installment of “random things Becky discovered while reading laws much more closely than anyone ever should.” Today we have the Water Pollution Control Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-188; D.C. Official Code…
My local library, Ralph Nader, and the government shutdown
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I live less than 3/4 of a mile from the West End branch of the D.C. Public Library. This week’s cover story in the Washington City Paper is about Ralph Nader’s quest to stop the redevelopment of the land on…
2013 Reading update, part I-lost-count
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Lots of Jewish holidays means lots of time for reading for fun. And my public library‘s fantastic holds system allowed me to have three of my four remaining 2013 books for the last two weeks (along with the have-to-read-before-the-last-book-on-the-list book).…
2013 Reading update
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Shana tova! The beginning of the Jewish year (and of the school year) reminded me that I had 1. not made very much progress on my 2013 reading list, and 2. not written about some of the books from the…
GODORT
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Jessica wrote this morning about abbreviations in librarianship. You should go read her post. And maybe the rest of her blog, and her twitter feed. She’s one of the people I want to be when I grow up. Her post…