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It’s Annual Budget Season! – 2026 NYLI Dues
It’s annual budget season. NYLI supports the strategy of filling content gaps and saving on costs by joining a membership library such as The New York Law Institute! If you need your firm’s projected 2026 NYLI dues or are considering adding NYLI membership in the coming year, please contact Executive Director Lucy Curci-Gonzalez at lcurcigonzalez@nyli.org or 212-732-9695…
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Navigating LLMC’s New Website
Join us for this brand-new webinar featuring an overview of the new LLMC website. The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with LLMC, an extensive archive of historical primary and specialized legal materials covering the U.S. federal and state governments,…
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NYLI closes early Fri 8/29 and will be closed Labor Day Mon 9/1
The New York Law Institute will close at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 29th and will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2025 in observance of the Labor Day national holiday. NYLI will reopen at 9 AM on Tuesday the 2nd of September.
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A Librarian’s Playbook for Agentic AI
Last week, I built an AI agent that will automate the creation and marketing of events in my library. Each month we run instructional webinar events for our members and setting these up every month is a time-consuming process with many moving parts and a lot of room for human error. With this new automation…
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AI and the death (and rebirth) of middle management
Fast Company’s Faisal Hoque writes about AI and the death (and rebirth) of middle management: Inside the fall and rise of ‘unbossing.’. “…AI could lead to a “white-collar massacre” if companies fail to adapt thoughtfully” Read more here.
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Staff Picks: Can’t Help Falling in Love…with Elvis Law! by Ellyssa Valenti Kroski
When you think of landmark legal battles, names like Brown, Roe, and Miranda might come to mind. But The Velvet Elvis? Geraldo Rivera? A 16-hour documentary? Only one legal resource dares to take you there: The Little Book of Elvis Law. This gem from the American Bar Association is less about Blue Suede Shoes and…
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Happy 90th Birthday to Social Security! Some History & NYLI Resources
What we Americans know as Social Security has its roots in 19th Century Germany; Chancellor Otto von Bismarck established an old-age social insurance program in 1889. Since the 1970s, legislators were aware of Social Security’s weakening financial position. In 1981, President Reagan and Congress appointed members to the “National Commission on Social Security .” Their…
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New Law Librarianship Book Highlights Thought Leadership from NYLI
We’re proud to share that Law Librarianship Practice: Challenges and Opportunities in Law Firm, Government, and Academic Law Libraries, a groundbreaking new volume on the evolving roles and responsibilities of law librarians, features contributions from two of NYLI’s own. Edited by NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, the book brings together thought…
