NYLI News

Back to School… The 1L edition…

September (or August in many places) finds students from kindergarten to post-graduate returning to the classroom.

And for those entering law schools (referred to as 1L’s), there’s the additional pressure of learning to “think like a lawyer” — particularly, the ability to write and research like one….

The New York Law Institute is […]

By |September 15th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Back to School… The 1L edition…

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group September Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday September 18th at 12:00pm. We will discuss In Search of Lost Time : Swann’s Way / Marcel Proust ; adaptation and drawings by Stéphane Heuet ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer. (available at NYPL)  Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles.

Please contact, […]

By |September 10th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group September Online Meeting

Attack of the Gerrymander !.. History & NYLI Resources

One way of achieving a kind of immortality is to have a process named for you. Louis Pasteur discovered that microorganisms caused disease and fermentation and that this could be prevented by a heating process that became known as Pasteurization. Charles Cunningham Boycott, a 19th Century estate manager, refused to lower tenant […]

By |September 8th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Attack of the Gerrymander !.. History & NYLI Resources

It’s Annual Budget Season! – 2026 NYLI Dues

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 […]

By |September 4th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on It’s Annual Budget Season! – 2026 NYLI Dues

Navigating LLMC’s New Website

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 […]

By |September 3rd, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Navigating LLMC’s New Website

NYLI closes early Fri 8/29 and will be closed Labor Day Mon 9/1

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.

By |August 27th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on NYLI closes early Fri 8/29 and will be closed Labor Day Mon 9/1

A Librarian’s Playbook for Agentic AI

Last week, I built an AI agent that will automate the creation and marketing of events in my library.  Each month we run instructional webinar events for our members and setting these up every month is a time-consuming process with many moving parts and a lot of room for human error.  With this new […]

By |August 26th, 2025|News from the Field|Comments Off on A Librarian’s Playbook for Agentic AI

August is National Make a Will Month.. check out these resources for making in will in NY

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 […]

By |August 25th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on August is National Make a Will Month.. check out these resources for making in will in NY

AI and the death (and rebirth) of middle management

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.

By |August 20th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on AI and the death (and rebirth) of middle management

Staff Picks: Can’t Help Falling in Love…with Elvis Law! by Ellyssa Valenti Kroski

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 […]

By |August 18th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Staff Picks: Can’t Help Falling in Love…with Elvis Law! by Ellyssa Valenti Kroski