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All About NYLI Webinar

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 […]

By |October 19th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on All About NYLI Webinar

Jean O’Grady of Dewey B Strategic talks enthusiasm, expertise, and legal blogging

Jean O’Grady founded Dewey B Strategic almost 10 years ago and discusses how to cultivate a successful legal blog on This Week in Legal Blogging with Bob Ambrogi.

via LexBlog

By |October 14th, 2020|News from the Field|Comments Off on Jean O’Grady of Dewey B Strategic talks enthusiasm, expertise, and legal blogging

Newspaper Navigator: A New Image Search Tool from the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress has just debuted Newspaper Navigator, a new tool for searching over 1.5 million newspaper images in their collections. The Library of Congress and their partners have digitized over 16 million pages of newspapers from across American history as part of their Chronicling America database. The Newspaper Navigator uses machine learning […]

By |October 12th, 2020|News from the Field|Comments Off on Newspaper Navigator: A New Image Search Tool from the Library of Congress

Book Club goes to Brooklyn…..

LLAGNY Book Club traveled to Kings County with its discussion of Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn, a detective fiction that explores the world of Downtown Brooklyn in the last two decades of the 20th Century.Click here for my book club review on Law Lines !

By |October 7th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Book Club goes to Brooklyn…..

For the Defense: James T. Brady

When Americans think of famous defense attorneys, they often think of those with celebrity defendants . The more historically minded think of Clarence Darrow.

And is there a better known fictional defense attorney than T.V.’s Perry Mason?

James T. Brady

Former NYLI President James T. Brady had celebrity clients, set a […]

By |October 5th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on For the Defense: James T. Brady

Webinar: Legal Instruction and Resources at the Law Library of Congress: Recent Developments

Register to attend the live training webinar, “Legal Instruction and Resources at the Law Library of Congress:
Recent Developments.”

Speakers: Barbara Bavis, Instruction/Reference Librarian, Law Library of CongressJames P. Sweany, Chief, Digital Resources Division, Law Library of CongressElina Lee, Library Technician (Metadata), Law Library of CongressLearning Outcomes: This webinar will introduce attendees to new and developing […]

By |September 30th, 2020|News from the Field|Comments Off on Webinar: Legal Instruction and Resources at the Law Library of Congress: Recent Developments

LLMC-Digital Webinar

Webinar times are: Eastern Time

Optimize your records and briefs research with LLMC-Digital

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-Digital, an extensive archive of historical primary and specialized legal materials covering the U.S. federal and state governments, the British […]

By |September 28th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on LLMC-Digital Webinar

Autumn has arrived… so Fall into Books with the Library of Congress !

Autumn means shorter days, cooler weather…. and perhaps for bibliophiles, a season of more serious reading….

Ignite your enthusiasm for histories, fiction, poetry, children’s literature and timely topics by attending the book festival held by the Library of Congress…

Now in its 20th year, this years’ gathering includes perennial best sellers John Grisham and Amy […]

By |September 23rd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Autumn has arrived… so Fall into Books with the Library of Congress !

William H. Winters — Librarian to the Rescue !!

Like librarians of the present, NYLI’s William H. Winters made use of the latest technologies while preserving the treasures of the past….

Winters, a Harvard graduate, became New York Law Institute’s Librarian in 1872 and immediately began securing complete sets of Statutes and Session laws of every state as well as obtaining […]

By |September 21st, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on William H. Winters — Librarian to the Rescue !!

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group September Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will be hosted via Zoom account on Thursday, September 24th at 12:00 PM. We will discuss: Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce.

When Tom’s brother gets sick, he’s shipped off to spend what he’s sure will be a boring summer with his aunt and uncle in the […]

By |September 16th, 2020|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group September Online Meeting