Law Library of Congress Interview With Foreign Law Intern Ben Hills

In Custodia Legis, the blog of the Law Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., has posted an interview this week with Ben Hills, Foreign Law Intern from the UK:

"How would you describe your job to other people?
I am currently an intern for the Global Legal Research Directorate and am working under the supervision of Clare Feikert-Ahalt, senior foreign law specialist for British and Commonwealth jurisdictions. We receive requests from the U.S. Congress, executive agencies, the federal judiciary, and from the public and conduct research into the law of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and nations of the Commonwealth, including Caribbean nations and other former British colonies."
"Why did you want to work at the Law Library of Congress?
The Law Library of Congress is one of the premier law libraries in the world, with the world’s largest collection of legal texts, and an internship represented a significant opportunity to both expand my legal knowledge and sharpen my research skills and writing abilities. Also, the Law Library’s commitment to providing information about and truly understanding other nations and cultures is a beacon of hope in a world where sometimes it appears close-mindedness and fear may be winning (...)"

The Library has conducted a huge number of interviews with employees and interns.

The Law Library of Congress is the world’s largest law library, with a collection of close to 2.9 million volumes from all ages of history and virtually every jurisdiction in the world.