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March into Uniform! Old & New ULA @ NYLI…

Uniform Commercial Code…. Uniform Telehealth Act… Uniform Probate Code… Who designs and sews up these uniforms anyway, lol?

Around since 1892 (and still active!) – the Uniform Laws Commission provides all 50 States with non-partisan and well drafted legislation for vital areas of state statutory law.

The ULC has also developed Model Laws. Jurisdictions may […]

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Celebrate March with NYLI’s Irishmen — Brady, O’Connor & Emmet

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 […]

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This month… on NYLI T.V. .. Shirley Chisholm!

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 […]

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Kate Stoneman: First Woman to practice law in New York

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 […]

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Arturo Schomburg … definitely a polymath!

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 […]

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George Washington…. General… President… Flower?

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 […]

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Abraham Lincoln: Lawyer

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 […]

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Laissez les bons temps roule with NYLI!

It’s Mardi Gras time here at The New York Law Institute….

And our very own Krewe — John Anthon, F.B. Cutting and James T. Brady are getting into the New Orleans spirit of things…

But before you get your carnival on and are too deeply involved with beads, parades and King Cake…. you might want to […]

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Celebrate Regina Anderson Andrews – Writer, Salon Doyenne & Librarian

Regina Anderson Andrews was a true Renaissance woman — a writer, salon doyenne and librarian.And, she was instrumental in the rebirth of interest in African-American culture… that has become known as the Harlem Renaissance….

Available @ NYLI as an eBook!

Celebrate the life of Regina Andrews Anderson — by learning more about her life by exploring […]

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Don’t get afraid of your Shadow this Ground Hog’s Day ! Some Animal Law Resources @ NYLI

Not sure what Staten Island Chuck or his more famous cousin Punxsutawney Phil will be accurate in their prognostications….

Arctomys monax, Maryland Marmot, Woodchuck, Groundhog. Natural size. Old & young. NYPL Public Domain Image.

But I’m sure as my own shadow that you’ll find these NYLI Animal Law resources useful…..

All three available as eBooks […]

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