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 […]
We’re proud to share that Law Librarianship Practice: Challenges and Opportunities in Law Firm, Government, and Academic Law Libraries, a groundbreaking new volume on the evolving roles and responsibilities of law librarians, features contributions from two of NYLI’s own. Edited by NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, the book brings together […]
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 […]
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The French Revolution (1789) was somewhat inspired by the Spirit of 1776, and so it’s fitting that the French National Holiday of Bastille Day (July 14th) occurs a week or two after our own country’s July 4th celebrations…
Hmm… “The Rights of Man”….is that from our own firebrand Thomas Paine? LLMC (available with NYLI […]
As you may know from an earlier blog, NYLI is currently in temporary quarters, and during the move — our own Mr. James T. Brady was reunited with his long lost mini-me….
Mini Brady was probably a kind of salesman’s sample … a terracotta miniature proposal made by the artist for approval before beginning on […]
This ground-breaking new legal librarianship book edited by Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, serves as an invaluable resource for practicing law librarians who want to be at the forefront of information technology and law libraries. The book is slated for publication in mid-July.
“Law Librarianship Practice, edited by Ellyssa Kroski, […]
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