GalleryNYLI Newsletter Spring 2026
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GalleryPeter Fong’s Staff Pick: Legislative Retrieval System
After 25+ years of researching New York legislative history, I’ve developed my favorite “go to” source to get started. For anything from 1995 to yesterday, Legislative Retrieval System provides me with the ability to search bills, laws and vetoes. Sponsor, Approval and Veto memoranda are also readily available (and easily searchable).
Perhaps the most unique […]
GalleryLLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group March Online Meeting
LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday March 26th at 12. We will discuss by You Must Take Part in Revolution by Badiucao and Melissa Chan (available at NYPL). Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles. Please contact, Eileen Dolan at edolan@NYLI.org to be added to the meeting.
GalleryCelebrate St. Patrick’s Day with NYLI.. by checking out our Irish Law Resources!
I was surprised one early morning in March to see Messrs. Anthon, Cutting & Brady decked out for St. Patrick’s Day…. Mr. Brady (the one with scarf and green top hat) is the only Irish-American of the trio, but none of them made it known why they were dressed to impress and ready to […]
GalleryBeware the Ides of March… and be aware of NYLI’s Roman Law resources
The Ides of March’s baaad reputation goes back to ancient times; Julius Caesar was assassinated by conspirators led by Brutus and Cassius in Mid March (Ides) in 44 B.C. According to historian Plutarch, a seer had warned Caesar that harm would come to him on the Ides of March…
Marc Anthony (Marlon Brando) confronts […]
GalleryCelebrating Women in Law….
It’s March, which means it is officially Women’s History Month…. so many great women to celebrate, in so many different roles, all who helped shape the world we are living in….
This year, my NYLI colleagues and I decided to focus on Women who have made the law their profession, pioneers and contemporaries, who have […]
GalleryStaff Pick: The New York Law Journal
My Staff Pick this month is NYLI’s comprehensive New York Law Journal collection on film and fiche. But, before we go to the microfiche reader, we’ve got to get the cite. “Old timers” (& you KNOW who you are, lol) will remember the term “Clark’s Digest”….
Clark’s Digest — later NYLJ […]
GalleryNew York Law Institute Open House
You’re Invited:
Open House at NYLI’s Newly Renovated Space Wednesday, March 25 from 4:30–7:00 PM
We’re pleased to welcome you to an open house at our refreshed home at 120 Broadway, Suite 932 in FiDi. Join us on Wednesday, March 25 from 4:30–7:00 PM for a tour of the library. Enjoy wine and light bites while reconnecting with colleagues and […]
GalleryWe’re Seeking Our Next Executive Director
The New York Law Institute (NYLI) is seeking an accomplished, forward‑thinking Executive Director to lead one of the nation’s oldest membership law libraries into its next century of service. Located in newly renovated offices in Manhattan’s Financial District. NYLI has been a trusted resource to the legal community since 1828, providing critical legal and […]
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Black History Month Turns 100! Top Ten NYLI resources to help you celebrate…
Black History Month is now a one hundred year tradition! Carter G. Woodson, who in 1915 formed the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, stated in a 1926 press release that his newly formed group was declaring mid February to be Negro History Week.
In honor of its hundredth birthday, […]
