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Congrats to the New LLAGNY Board Members !

Congratulations to the new LLAGNY Board Members

Congratulations to the New Board Members elected in 2023 – 

Christine Bowersox – VP/President Elect Secretary Dahlia Davila 2 year Board Members – Brian Nolan & Sarah Kagen 1 year Board member – Jim Currie

Newly elected members will be joining the current board — Kathleen Darvil, President; Pauline Webster, Immediate Past […]

By |June 5th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Congrats to the New LLAGNY Board Members !

It’s June… Month of Landmark Supreme Court Decisions (&, of course, some NYLI resources)

It’s June… the month where Spring turns to Summer… and historically speaking, when the U.S. Supreme Court ends its session with the bang of some pretty landmark cases….Consider these cases from Junes past….

Miranda v. Arizona (384 US 436), Loving v. Virginia (388 US 1), Texas v. Johnson (491 US 397) , […]

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Check out NYLI’s 2023 Summers’ Libguide (& a possible reason why they aren’t called Springers, lol)

It’s May… and in the Law Firm world… that means that Summer Associates are arriving !!

And that means that The NY Law Institute has a new resource for you — the 2023 Summer Associate LibGuide….For our librarian colleagues — check it out for info on teaching legal research and writing, creating presentations, and […]

By |May 17th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Check out NYLI’s 2023 Summers’ Libguide (& a possible reason why they aren’t called Springers, lol)

LLAGNY Book Club to meet May 16th.. @ NYLI !

LLAGNY Book Club will be meeting on May 16th at — in person!– to discuss People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks….

RSVP to Jill Gray at jill.gray@friedfrank.com

& mark your calendar — May 16th, 6 p.m. — at The New York Law Institute… for another great read & discussion of ideas with your LLAGNY colleagues!

The […]

By |May 10th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on LLAGNY Book Club to meet May 16th.. @ NYLI !

Take a Wright on Miller – Let NYLI be your GPS for Federal Practice & Procedure Research

Wright & Miller — as it is commonly known — has been the go to resource for attorneys researching federal civil, criminal and appellate procedure, as well as rules of civil, criminal, and appellate procedure, rules of evidence, the federal judicial system, jurisdiction of all federal courts, venue, removal of cases, res judicata, […]

By |May 8th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Take a Wright on Miller – Let NYLI be your GPS for Federal Practice & Procedure Research

Australia & Boston… Metafiction and Mystery: LLAGNY Book Club Review

The LLAGNY Book Club met once again in late February to discuss Australian author Sulari Gentill’s mystery novel The Woman in the Library….

For more on the book club’s discussion of this very contemporary mystery, click here for my full review as posted in Law Lines…. & keep an eye out for posting & […]

By |May 3rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Australia & Boston… Metafiction and Mystery: LLAGNY Book Club Review

Celebrities surprise NYLI by attending Fave Song Lyric Contest!

We were more than a little surprised when Elvis Presley showed up at NYLI with his entourage — Carmen Miranda, Tina Turner, Marilyn Monroe and Amy Winehouse, for our Favorite Song Lyric Contest Drawing. Tina had the honor of drawing the winners — but all of of our celebrity guests were […]

By |May 2nd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Celebrities surprise NYLI by attending Fave Song Lyric Contest!

It’s May 1st… Law Day

Law Day is over 60 years old but its mission remains the same: held annually on May 1, it is a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law. 

Past Law Day Themes included celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Constitution in Times of Change, and Advancing the […]

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It’s Library Week– Celebrating Great Librarians!!

It’s Library Week… and the American Library Association’s 2023 theme is “there’s always more to the story” …

And we’ll be concluding our month long blog celebration of the profession with a profile of great librarians. There is always more to our story — & so here are just a few of the many […]

By |April 26th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on It’s Library Week– Celebrating Great Librarians!!

In Anticipation of Library Week… A Celebration of Great Moments in Library History….

Well, we are in our third week into blogging about libraries and librarians, and after last week’s rather lighthearted topic of Librarians in Pop Culture, we thought we’d turn our attention to important moments in library history. Which, when you think about it, are important moments in human progress…..

Information really isn’t information […]

By |April 19th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on In Anticipation of Library Week… A Celebration of Great Moments in Library History….