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The DuFour Law Library would like to thank all those that joined us this morning for the Blessing of the Libraries

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Blessing of the Libraries

September 30 marks the feast day of St. Jerome, the patron saint of Libraries, Librarians, and Archivists. Fr. Bernard Knapke offered the blessing and we were joined by Mullen librarians, and law school faculty and staff.The DuFour Law Library would like to thank all those that joined us this morning for the Blessing of the Libraries ...

New York Times Digital Subscription - courtesy of the law library

You may have recently received an email from the New York Times about your complimentary digital subscription.Did you know that access to nytimes.com is available to all CUA law faculty and students? Students must use their @cua.edu email address to login. Faculty must use their @law.edu email address to login. To start using, click "login" and then “forgot your password” on nytimes.com. Contact csl-ref@cua.edu with questions....

Constitution Day 2025

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.The United States Constitution is perhaps the most well known document from the history of the United States, having laid the foundation of the new republic of the United States and remains the most important document to the republic. Over the years it has been amended a total of twenty-seven times with the first ten comprising the Bill of Rights which ratified in 1791, with the latest one being ratified in 1992, but since then has remained static. In honor of the most important document of the land Constitution day has been officially celebrated on September 17th since 2004, with the dual observance of Citizenship Day as well.Constitution Day means something different for everyone, whether it's celebrating the cementing of “the great experiment” into the nation we know today, a celebration of the guaranteed universal rights listed in the Bill of Rights, or acknowledging the revolutionary Founding Fathers of our country who penned the document. Regardless of how you celebrate, the importance and centrality of the document is universally agreed upon to be the foundation of the rights that Americans enjoy and celebrate year by year.Come by the library reference room and get a free pocket Constitution! They are available in the reference room, on Wednesday September 17th from 10am to 6pm. (While supplies last!) ...

Library Closed - Sept 12-15

Check bit.ly/CSLclosure for more info.The DuFour Law Library will be CLOSED for remediation on Friday, September 12thSaturday, September 13thSunday, September 14thmay also be closed on Monday, September 15thWhile the library is closed there will be no access to the library's physical space or collection.Please plan ahead if you will need access to course reserve materials during this time. ...