Irish immigrants have been part of the American landscape since before the American Revolution…
Great resources of Irish History…& both available in NYLI’s eBook collection….
And some early & notable members of The NY Law Institute were Irish American Lawyers. There’s Thomas Addis Emmet….
“Thomas Addis Emmet” photograph from The Emmet […]
NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, will be giving a webinar for the American Library Association (ALA) on Law Librarianship for Beginners. In this webinar, participants will learn the fundamental elements of finding legal materials, including primary sources like constitutions; statutes; court opinions and case law; regulations; and administrative decisions. Kroski […]
We are in the middle of March… Women’s History Month… and who better to have on our NYLI T.V. set (which doubles as pencil holder photo frame, lol!)… than Brooklyn’s own – Shirley Chisholm!
Want to know more about the life of Shirley Chisholm? Then tune into NYLI’s eBook collection….
Available at NYLI […]
We’d like to start off March — Women’s History month — with an appreciation of Kate Stoneman, the first woman to practice law in New York. Kate Stoneman, from a farming family in upstate New York , graduated New York Normal College and taught for forty years…. And Kate was an instrumental member […]
The term polymath is rarely used — as it seldom truly applies to an individual’s breadth of talent & abilities…..
Oxford English Dictionary — ultimate authority for definitions – available electronically to NYLI members…
But polymath is the exact word for capturing the many talents of Arturo Schomburg….
Writer, Historian, Curator, & Activist…..
Arthur A. Schomburg: 1904 […]
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 Commonwealth, other foreign countries, and various international organizations. Remote access to LLMC-Digital is included […]
General… President (our Country’s first)… George Washington’s reputation often resides in his role in the American Revolution…As his eulogist famously noted, Washington was “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen”
Military Costume of the Revolution… one of NYPL’s many public domain images of G.W.
Washington’s leadership was a […]
Obviously, Abraham Lincoln is immediately identified as a U.S. President….
The Posey Building of Shawneetown, Illinois, in which Abraham Lincoln and Robert Ingersoll had law offices ; photo circa 1937 & courtesy of NYPL
But it could easily be argued that Lincoln is the still the best lawyer who ever became President….Lincoln is […]
LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet at noon via Zoom on Thursday February 22nd . We will discuss Monstrous by Sarah Myer (also available at NYPL). Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles.
Please contact, Eileen Dolan at edolan@NYLI.org to be added to the meeting.
The New York Law Institute will be closed on Monday, February 19, 2024 in observance of the Presidents’ Day national holiday and will reopen on Tuesday, February 20th at 9:00 AM.
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