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It’s the 11th of December so have a Happy App Day! (& a little history)

How long have Apps been around? They date to way back to the era of big hair, MTV, and shoulder pads — that’s right — the 1980s!

Steve Jobs came up with the idea of an app store in 1983…..

Recognize this guy? It’s Steve Jobs !!

And also during the halcyon days of […]

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Elf on the Shelf @ NYLI !

The Elf on the Shelf made a surprise visit to The New York Law Institute !And true to form, that little imp got into everything !!

The Elf’s first stop was our New York Collection …really loving the superseded!

Did you know that NYLI has all 50 States superseded statutes — and for NY — […]

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It’s an old Story @ NYLI (Joseph Story that is!!)

Joseph Story, one of the youngest U.S. Supreme Court Justices, wrote opinions that greatly influenced American Jurisprudence….

And The New York Law Institute members have ready access to his works….

Constitution is never a bad place to start -4th Edition , an 1873 perspective!

A classic on Equity Jurisprudence!

Time to take out a contract! 1847 […]

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LLAGNY Book Club Stays (metaphorically!) at the Barbizon Hotel

Molly Brown… Joan Didion.. Grace Kelly.. & Sylvia Plath… were all guests at the famed Barbizon Hotel….. And the LLAGNY Book Club had its own metaphorical stay by way of its October book club discussion….Click here to read my full review of our latest Book Club meeting… where LLAGNY members discussed […]

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Congrats to all who passed the NY State Bar Exam !

The New York Law Institute extends its sincere congratulations to all who passed the New York State Bar Exam!Check out the results here !And, while we have your attention — as you begin your legal career, please consider joining NYLI ! Expert research assistance is only an email away — and you’ll […]

By |November 28th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Congrats to all who passed the NY State Bar Exam !

It’s November — Native American Heritage Month…. Celebrate by exploring NYLI resources!!

November is designated Native American Heritage Month. Celebrate by exploring Native American law sources available at NYLI !

Read in print…..

The go to resource! — Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law!

Read electronically….

Start with a nutshell… & this one’s an eBook!

Go Deep… remote access to LLMC comes with NYLI membership….

LLMC — includes a designated Indigeneous […]

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It’s Midterms… so get up to grade on Election Law with these NYLI resources

It’s Midterms & so once again the American public goes to the polls to give its reps report cards…..

So maybe it’s time to get up to grade with these NYLI Election Law Resources…. Nutshells are always great starting points…

Election Law in a Nutshell…..Part of NYLI’s $15M eBook collection….

And for special guides on […]

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Author Stacy Horn researches court docs @ NYLI

Stacy Horn, author of books varying in topics from the joy of singing in a choir to the exhaustive work of NYC’s cold case detectives, is now focusing on banking white collar crime and its devastating effect on Brooklyn neighborhoods in the 1970s….The New York Law Institute was happy to assist in her […]

By |November 9th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Author Stacy Horn researches court docs @ NYLI

NYHS — Witch Trial Exhibit (& some NYLI resources)

300+ years later, the terrifying events of 1692-93 that became known as the Salem Witch trials still haunts American history…Learn more about this violent injustice at The New York Historical Society’s exhibit The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning & Reclaiming. Contemporary 17th Century accounts of the trials as well as personal items […]

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LC Chronicling America Reaches all 50 States !

Did you know that Chronicling America, the searchable online database of historic American newspapers,  now includes all 50 States?

Maintained online by the Library of Congress, Chronicling America offers free online access to 19.9 million pages of newspapers published in the United States between 1777 and 1963….

Scholars, students and the ever curious can research […]

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