Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The New York Law Institute!
Did you Know? The Thanksgiving Edition…
You probably know that Thanksgiving is celebrated this year on November 28th….
US Congress Proclaims that Thursday, December 9, 1779 to be a” Day of public and solemn Thanksgiving”. Part of LLMC’s Government collection – and free to NYLI members
But did you know that until the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the month and day […]
Early Closing for Thanksgiving Holiday at NYLI
NYLI will close at 2:00PM on Wednesday November 27th and will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 28th and 29th, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We here at the New York Law Institute wish you a happy holiday!
Brooke Raymond’s Journey of building a library: From Times Square to Cambodia
NYLI’s Senior Research Analyst Brooke Raymond’s dedication to reading & promotion of literacy led her to help found a library in Cambodia….And it all began with a workplace bookfair …..
Click here to read the full story — of how one volunteering opportunity led to reading a book about philanthropy which then led to working […]
Did You Know…Veterans Day Edition from NYLI
You probably know that November 11th is known as Veterans Day, a Federal Holiday….
Making it official… Public Laws, Legislative History, Federal materials…. All available to NYLI members through ProQuest Congressional
And you may know that Veterans Day was original “Armistice Day” — commemorating the end of World War I (November 11, 1918) …
Image from the […]
NYLI gets involved in disputed election (back in 1876!)
The 1876 Presidential Election was one of the most contentious ever….
NY Democrat Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote over Ohio Republican Rutherford B. Hayes.
Fort Scott Tribune (Kansas); Nov. 9, 1876
But…. 20 Electoral Votes (Florida, Louisiana, Oregon, South Carolina) were in dispute. Am I the only one experiencing Deja […]
NYLI’s Brooke Raymond interviewed by Trinity College.. Room To Read, NYLI, & her college experiences…
Our very own Brooke Raymond was recently interviewed by the Trinity College Alumni magazine! Click here to read all about Brooke’s work with Room to Read — including the opening of the Raymond Library in Cambodia — as well as her experiences at Trinity and work as a Senior Research Analyst […]
This Halloween — AI Tricks & Research Treats @ NYLI
The end of October — Halloween! — brings out the tricks and treats, even here in the seemingly staid New York Law Institute….
Our Offices @ 120 Broadway.. is there something spooky going on??
For those colleagues that are a little spooked by AI — here are some “tricks” regarding prompt engineering & chatbots that […]
What’s in a Record? Check out Rapper Li’l NYLI’s samples
NYLI Reading Room resident John Anthon — aka Li’l NYLI — surprised us all the other day with a bit of rap about court records….
“NY App Div, Circuit or Supreme…Mad Records work it! – their volume’s Extreme”
NYLI R & B collection includes NY State cases, as 2nd Circuit & U.S. Supreme ..click […]
ABA issues Opinion re: AI… (& of course, some NYLI sources!)
The ABA issued its first formal opinion covering the growing use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) back in July. Not surprisingly, the ABA emphasized that model rules related to competency, informed consent, confidentiality and fees principally apply. For full text of ABA Formal Opinion 512 (July 29, […]