NYLI News

NYLI Closing for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

The New York Law Institute will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2020 in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  NYLI will reopen on Tuesday, January 21st at 8:30 AM. Enjoy the holiday!

By |January 15th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Closing for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

NYLI’s Graphic Novel Book Club

We’ll be kicking off 2020 with our next Graphic Novel Book Club which will be discussing  The adventures of Tintin. Volume 1, and we will meet on Thursday January 16th.  RSVP with Eileen Dolan.

Location:

New York Law Institute, Inc.

120 Broadway, Suite 932

 212-732-8720

Date & time:  Thursday January 16th at 1pm

By |January 15th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI’s Graphic Novel Book Club

NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

January 15th @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern

Optimize your federal legislative history research with ProQuest Congressional

The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with Proquest Congressional, the premier electronic service for access to the activities and publications of the United […]

By |January 13th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

The Geek in Review – Ellyssa Valenti Kroski on Law Librarians in the Age of AI & a Hamilton Escape Room

NYLI’s Director of IT & Marketing Ellyssa Valenti Kroski was a guest on the latest Geek in Review podcast discussing her new book, Law Librarianship in the Age of AI and her Alexander Hamilton-themed escape room which she’ll be running at the Ark Group’s 14th annual Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services in […]

By |January 10th, 2020|Announcements, New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on The Geek in Review – Ellyssa Valenti Kroski on Law Librarians in the Age of AI & a Hamilton Escape Room

We’ll be at Law Firm Libraries 2020 – Here’s a Discount Code!

Our Director of Information Technology and Marketing, Ellyssa Kroski, will be participating in the upcoming Law Firm Libraries 2020 conference on March 12 – 13, 2020.

She will be running the escape room Escape the Library: The Search for Alexander Hamilton and the Missing Librarian: A Time Travel Adventure on both days of the event […]

By |January 8th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on We’ll be at Law Firm Libraries 2020 – Here’s a Discount Code!

Can You Haiku?? Librarians Can !!

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 […]

By |January 2nd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Can You Haiku?? Librarians Can !!

NYLI Involved in Presidential Impeachment Trial (The Andrew Johnson one, that is!!)

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 […]

By |December 19th, 2019|New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on NYLI Involved in Presidential Impeachment Trial (The Andrew Johnson one, that is!!)

Three Wise Guys @ NYLI !!

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 !!!

By |December 12th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Three Wise Guys @ NYLI !!

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 |December 9th, 2019|Announcements|Comments Off on LLMC-Digital Webinar

Researching Great, Great, Great.. and a few more G’s.. Grandfather James W. Gerard at NYLI !

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 […]

By |December 4th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Researching Great, Great, Great.. and a few more G’s.. Grandfather James W. Gerard at NYLI !