It’s annual budget season. NYLI supports the strategy of filling content gaps and saving on costs by joining a membership library such as The New York Law Institute! If you need your firm’s projected 2026 NYLI dues or are considering adding NYLI membership in the coming year, please contact Executive Director Lucy Curci-Gonzalez at lcurcigonzalez@nyli.org or […]
Join us for this brand-new webinar featuring an overview of the new LLMC website. 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, an extensive archive of historical primary and specialized legal materials covering the U.S. federal and state […]
The New York Law Institute will close at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 29th and will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2025 in observance of the Labor Day national holiday. NYLI will reopen at 9 AM on Tuesday the 2nd of September.
August, a month where NYC empties out as residents search to enjoy the last week of Summer away from city pavement, has been designated “National Make a Will Month” .
Where to begin? Free sources are available….
For getting the right lawyer, click here for NYC Bar Association’s offer to help you find the right match…
And […]
Fast Company’s Faisal Hoque writes about AI and the death (and rebirth) of middle management: Inside the fall and rise of ‘unbossing.’.
“…AI could lead to a “white-collar massacre” if companies fail to adapt thoughtfully”
Read more here.
When you think of landmark legal battles, names like Brown, Roe, and Miranda might come to mind. But The Velvet Elvis? Geraldo Rivera? A 16-hour documentary? Only one legal resource dares to take you there: The Little Book of Elvis Law.
This gem from the American Bar Association is less about Blue Suede Shoes and […]
Social Security has now been part of the American social contract for nine decades. Enacted during President FDR’s first term (P.L. 74-271), the system requires employers and employees to contribute payments to those currently retired or unable to work due to a disability.
ProQuest Congressional , accessible with NYLI membership, has Ready-Made Topic Sections […]
Lauren Willig, NY Times best selling author, visited The New York Law Institute in 2022 and made use of collection to research the “Manhattan Well Murder” case.
Lauren Willig & yours truly ….@ NYLI…back in 2022
Described on the book flap as “part murder mystery, part thriller, part true crime,” Willig’s The Girl from Greenwich […]
In 1926, French designer Coco Chanel published a picture of a short, simple black dress in Vogue Magazine, and it was immediately hailed as “the frock that all the world will wear.” Since then, designers such as Dior, De Givenchy, Donna Karan and most recently Carly Cushne have all put their own spin on […]
Long a favorite here at NYLI, and certainly worthy of an alliterative headline, Nutshells provide a quick introduction to a specific area of law.
Trust the OED (available to NYLI members) to give the definitive definition!
And as technology (and society) changes, new laws are created and old ones are amended. Nutshells are essential to […]
