Compiled by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
The New York Law Institute is lucky to have Chinatown as one of our close neighbors. We, along with the Library of Congress, and all Americans celebrate this month with Asian and Pacific Islanders.
P.L.
95-419 was enacted in 1978 designating the week of May 4th as
Asian/Pacific American […]
On June 10th of last year NYLI staff issued a statement
in response to the George Floyd Tragedy. Little did we think that in a
few months our country would be again faced with the tragedy of attacks on our
fellow Americans. The NYLI staff decries the scapegoating of
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who are being wrongly […]
by Lucy Curci-Gonzalez/ NYLI Executive Director
For the second pandemic year, the annual ARK Law Firm
Libraries conference went virtual. I
attended this highly regarded program from my home office where I attended a
number of excellent sessions that
delivered high-quality content on a usable platform.
ARK’s annual Law Firm Libraries program is noted for
bring together leaders from the legal […]
by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
The best legal research is always that which is provided to
you by your favorite law librarian. However, for students and/or attorneys who would
like to learn the methods of online and printed research, Principles
of Legal Research 3rd edition by Olson, Kirshefeld and Mattson
is an ideal resource. The book is available […]
by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
Emily Moog has created a great contest in honor of National Poetry Month. You should all join in the fun. I too have an entry although as in baseball
Strike 1 – I am one of the contest judges
Strike 2 – I work for the New York […]
The New York Law Institute now offers members a variety of resources and services including 2 eBooks collections providing access to over 160,000 eBook titles. We offer the entire West Academic Nutshells series in eBook format, hundreds of ABA titles, and Mathew Bender legal treatises. We also offer access to valuable electronic resources such as […]
Paul Karasik is a two-time
Eisner Award winner, internationally recognized cartoonist and teacher, and
adapter of this month’s work City
of Glass. Paul will be joining our group and discussing the nature of
adaptation of comics in general and City of Glass in particular.
Additionally, the lecture will contain some fun group participation along the
way as well as revealing […]
April 14th @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern
Optimize your federal legislative history research with ProQuest Congressional
The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with Proquest Congressional, the premier electronic service for access to the activities and publications of the United […]
by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
It has been over a year. Sometimes it feels like a week,
other times it feels like forever.
The Library of Congress (LC) has started building
collections documenting this time in history.
LC is crowdsourcing photographs and graphic art on Flickr. You may submit your pictures of the pandemic to the […]
The New York Law Institute will close at 2 PM on Friday, April 2, 2021 for Good Friday. NYLI will reopen Monday, April 5th at 9AM.
