Celebrate Earth Day’s entry into middle age by reading up on its history…
Check out this one by Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson……
Available @ NYLI as an Ebook!
And let’s not forget one of the early heroes of environmentalism — […]
Librarians across the country are having a unique library week…. despite the challenging times of social distancing and sheltering in place, we are still there for our patrons !
Our Colleagues at the Federal Depository are asking that FDLP partners email them about..
Continuing to provide servicesspecial resources & offerings undertaken in past year& photos […]
Judges Eileen Dolan, Lucy Curci-Gonzalez, Karen Oesterle, and Ellyssa Valenti Kroski were moved by poems that honored doctors, nurses, the unemployed and essential workers who bravely soldier on during the Coronavirus. All the poems touched their hearts, and proved a moving way for The New York Law Institute to acknowledge both National […]
Poetry Month and National Library Week…. and in recognition of the many sacrifices our fellow Americans are making during the Coronavirus pandemic….
we are seeking couplet poems that give tribute to…….
Law enforcement…Healthcare professionals….Transportation and any other essential workers….
Please email us your couplet poem tribute poems to Eileen Dolan edolan@nyli.org
by April 16th…….
We ask that […]
Dateline: Thursday, April 3rd, 2020….
While the mystery that is the Coronavirus changed the world, the LLAGNY Book Club held its discussion of Brad Ricca’s Mrs. Sherlock Holmes meeting via ZOOM. Countless other encounters that would otherwise be in person now only occur through ZOOM, google hangout, Microsoft teams , FACETIME and […]
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 […]
Our colleagues at the Government Printing Office are living up to their motto of “Keeping America Informed” — releasing many key documents from the Trump Impeachment process.
Scholars, legal experts… really anyone with internet access!.. can now examine….
H.R. 116-346… House Report with dissenting views (12/15/2019).
H.R. 116-335…. Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report with Minority Views […]
LLAGNY Graphic Book Club’s February selection — Kindred – honored African American History Month.
The graphic novel , based on Octavia Butler’s 1979 science fiction work, explores slavery through the unique prism of time travel. The main characters toggle between 1970s San Francisco and Antebellum South. Female protagonist Dana experiences slavery’s horrors and discovers that […]
The Law Library Association of Greater New York Book Club began its 2020 selection with a very somber look at the social problems of 1800s New York. Damnation Island: Poor Sick, Mad & Criminal in 19th-Century New York ‘s author Stacy Horn was in attendance, and members shared a thought-provoking discussion […]
Law Library Association’s Graphic Novel Club went classic with a discussion of 3 Tin-Tin adventures !
Attendees found much to discuss about an over 80+ year old European comic strip character — Tintin !! The stories captivated members with charming illustrations, clever use of language, puns, and the adorable naif that is […]
