NYLI Will Close Early for Good Friday
The New York Law Institute will close at 3 PM on Friday, April 10, 2020 for Good Friday. NYLI will reopen Monday, April 13th at 9AM.
The Impact Of COVID-19 On Law Firm Practices
Mark Herrmann writes for Above the Law about The Impact Of COVID-19 On Law Firm Practices. He predicts
“Overall, 2020 will be a very, very, bad year for law firms.”
Read more here.
COVID-19: Why librarians are amazing in times of crisis
Clare Brown writes for Vable about COVID-19: Why librarians are amazing in times of crisis.
“Professionally we need to keep working as best we can because our organisations are relying on our rapidly evolving creativity to imagine a future in a changed world. Kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms have become our new office spaces or […]
Business as (Un)Usual: Library Business Continuity Amid COVID-19
Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, our Director of Information Technology/Marketing here at The New York Law Institute has written an article for On Firmer Ground which discusses some of the strategies we employed with regard to business continuity as well as some tips for preparing your own library.
Read Business as (Un)Usual: Library Business Continuity […]
30+ Free Online Resources for Law Library Research During COVID-19
With everyone transitioning to a remote
environment, law librarians may find themselves without access to print and
other resources that help them do their jobs.
Here’s a list of free online research resources which may fill in the
gaps.
The FDLP offers many free resources for
conducting research such as:
FDLP LibGuides, which includes guides about:FDLP […]
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 […]
NYLI’s OverDrive eBooks for Internet Explorer
It has been brought to our attention that some of you working from home only have access to Internet Explorer which is incompatible with OverDrive’s new eBooks platform.
You may use this link to go directly to the OverDrive Classic Site and get access to our eBooks that way.
NYLI working remotely – 3/18/2020
The staff of the New York Law Institute hopes this message finds you and yours safe and well.
Starting today, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, all NYLI staff are working remotely. library@nyli.org is the best way to contact us. Calls to 212 732 8720 are being forwarded.
In this trying time, we know you understand that NYLI cannot provide […]
GallerySons 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 […]
NYLI FAQs During Coronavirus
FAQs
We reviewed our business disaster recovery and continuity plan and are prepared. In response to your concern, please see my comments below. Hope this helps with your contingency planning. Contact us at library@nyli.org. if you have any more questions or concerns. These are trying times. Hoping you and yours and all our colleagues stay […]
