NYLI’s Senior Research Analyst Brooke Raymond’s dedication to reading & promotion of literacy led her to help found a library in Cambodia….And it all began with a workplace bookfair …..
Click here to read the full story — of how one volunteering opportunity led to reading a book about philanthropy which then led to working […]
You probably know that November 11th is known as Veterans Day, a Federal Holiday….
Making it official… Public Laws, Legislative History, Federal materials…. All available to NYLI members through ProQuest Congressional
And you may know that Veterans Day was original “Armistice Day” — commemorating the end of World War I (November 11, 1918) …
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The 1876 Presidential Election was one of the most contentious ever….
NY Democrat Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote over Ohio Republican Rutherford B. Hayes.
Fort Scott Tribune (Kansas); Nov. 9, 1876
But…. 20 Electoral Votes (Florida, Louisiana, Oregon, South Carolina) were in dispute. Am I the only one experiencing Deja […]
Our very own Brooke Raymond was recently interviewed by the Trinity College Alumni magazine! Click here to read all about Brooke’s work with Room to Read — including the opening of the Raymond Library in Cambodia — as well as her experiences at Trinity and work as a Senior Research Analyst […]
The end of October — Halloween! — brings out the tricks and treats, even here in the seemingly staid New York Law Institute….
Our Offices @ 120 Broadway.. is there something spooky going on??
For those colleagues that are a little spooked by AI — here are some “tricks” regarding prompt engineering & chatbots that […]
NYLI Reading Room resident John Anthon — aka Li’l NYLI — surprised us all the other day with a bit of rap about court records….
“NY App Div, Circuit or Supreme…Mad Records work it! – their volume’s Extreme”
NYLI R & B collection includes NY State cases, as 2nd Circuit & U.S. Supreme ..click […]
The ABA issued its first formal opinion covering the growing use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) back in July. Not surprisingly, the ABA emphasized that model rules related to competency, informed consent, confidentiality and fees principally apply. For full text of ABA Formal Opinion 512 (July 29, […]
It was my pleasure to have a “Member Chat” with Jackson Healy, currently a LLAGNY Board Member and Research Librarian at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
Check out the full Law Lines interview by clicking here!
The New York Law Institute was honored to have Zoe Merriman and Jamie Muth of The Brennan Center for Justice stop by for a quick tour and chat….
The Brennan Center for Justice is one of our neighbors at 120 Broadway. Click here for their full mission statement
As with all good conversation, […]
The LLAGNY Book Club closed out its season with a meeting to discuss first time novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Fleishman Is In Trouble. This contemporary novel (now a series on Hulu) chronicles the milieu of Manhattan’s hyper-achievers and their shifting views of marriage, relationships and family.
Check out my full Law Lines review by clicking here!
And […]
