The Librarian community once again showed its creative side with an astounding response to The New York Law Institute’s Haiku contest !
27 great entries, a fireside reading session, & one chosen for a Starbucks Card !!
The winning entry was submitted by Jessica Field
from Miller Johnson.
It’s not all online.
And even if it […]
Before the Nixon Watergate scandals , Clinton impeachment and now Trump impeachment trials – one-time New York Law Institute President and founder of New York City – Bar Association William M. Evarts played a key role in the nation’s first impeachment trial – that of President Andrew Johnson […]
Are NYLI luminaries Francis Brockholst Cutting, John Anthon and James T. Brady getting ready for Santacon ?
Or are they just celebrating the Season…..??
Let’s hope these legal eagles don’t get BUSTED… as they celebrate & wish the entire legal community a Very Happy Holiday & a Prosperous 2020 !!!
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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 […]
The LLAGNY Book Club returned to the theme of librarianship in November with a spirited discussion of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer. This dense documentary-style book raised more questions than could possibly be answered in one meeting, but all agreed that […]
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. “U.S.S. New York” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1916. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1e518e3-df45-5ef2-e040-e00a18063c7a
It’s been nearly 30 years since Congress declared November as National American Indian Heritage Month accompanied by Presidential Proclamation 6230 . The U.S. Government provides some […]
NYLI Congrats all those who passed the Bar…Do you know who Christopher Columbus Langdell is?
Were you once a 1L, 2L, & finally a 3L? That’s because of Christopher Columbus Langdell!
Did your professors rely on the Socratic method & case law? Blame Christopher Columbus Langdell!
Standardized test to gain admittance to Law School? That was Christoph… […]
LLAGNY’s third book club offering explored the world of law firms, as they were in the turn of the 20th Century, and when the rules of law firm management were set in place by Paul Cravath.
And, as an added bonus, author John Oller attended and took part in the conversation, answered questions and signed […]
We have a new agreement with OCLC that allows NYLI to borrow from other institutions….. Reach out… as we now has greater access to borrow for you !!!
Fee will only be $20 plus any delivery cost incurred…
Just one more way that NYLI is A legacy library offering leading-edge services !!
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