NYLI Stalwart… Judge… Reformer… & … Medium ??
Like many New York Law Institute members, John W. Edmonds had both a distinguished legal career and a highly developed sense of civic duty.
His […]
Happy Anniversary ! 105 years….. & still counting !!
The New York Law Institute celebrates its 105th anniversary of residence at 120 Broadway this month!
Proudly one of the original tenants in what is better known as the landmark Equitable Building, it is our sixth home in downtown NYC… & our longest stay….
And NYLI has often resided in a building that was a […]
Two Sides of David Dudley Field….
Creator of the model Field Codes of civil procedure that were adopted by Montana and California. “Field Codes” also went international; they became a foundation for civil procedure in England, Ireland and India.
Nearly disbarred for his activities on behalf of financiers Gould & Fiske in their litigation with […]
Kent…..James Kent….
The first face to greet you upon entering The New York Law Institute’s offices at 120 Broadway is one from two centuries ago… Chancellor James Kent’s oil painting gently smiles at you , with a kindly countenance and benign sense of mystery….
Just who is this guy? Why, It’s the James Kent […]
Alien v. Terminator… NYLI’s Evarts v. O’Conor
Upon entering The New York Law Institute’s offices at 120 Broadway, visitors may notice the foyer area medallions depicting two men in profile……
Who are these dudes, anyway?
Before the advent of the “Cravath system” , as described in John Oller’s history White Shoe: How a New Breed of Wall Street Lawyers Changed Big […]
Sons of Irish Patriots…. and NYLI luminaries
Inspired by both the American and French Revolutions, particularly by the writings of Thomas Paine, historians consider the Irish Rebellion of 1798 as the greatest threat to English Rule between 1641 revolt and the Easter Uprising of 1916.
And the participants and sons of this rebellion would help shape 19th Century American Law […]
Researching Great, Great, Great.. and a few more G’s.. Grandfather James W. Gerard at NYLI !
Researching Great, Great, .. and perhaps a few more G’s.. Grandfather James W. Gerard at The New York Law Institute !
Sumner Gerard , a direct descendant of NYLI founder James W. Gerard , was able to research some family history with the help of our resources and reference skills.
James W. Gerard (1794- 1874) was certainly […]
Henry Brockholst Livingston……Hey, Where’s my musical?
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. Brockholst Livingston, 1757-1823
Wartime aide-de-camp to George Washington?
Involvement with Aaron Burr?
Fatal Duel in New Jersey?
No, it’s not the guy on the ten-dollar bill, founder of The NY Post, and subject of Broadway’s phenomenal hit.
It’s Henry Brockholst […]
BUSTED!! Librarian discovers the identities of two New York Law Institute statues !!
Post authored by Emily Moog
NYLI Research Librarian Emily Moog was reviewing 19th Century newspapers regarding its history when she discovered the identities of the two unknown busts residing in its reading room
They are James T. Brady and Francis Brockhoist Cutting !
James T. Brady bust currently at NYLI and painting by Joseph Alexander Ames, 1869, The […]