NYLI Newsletter Summer 2025
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Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite! & a Happy Bastille Day from NYLI !
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 […]
NYLI’s Brady & his Mini Me are here to help with Criminal Law research
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 […]
Law Librarianship Practice book edited by NYLI’s Director of Innovation
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, […]
NYLI Closing for 4th of July
NYLI will close at 2pm on Thursday July 3rd and all day Friday July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will re-open on Monday, July 7th at 9 am.
Happy 4th of July!!!
Staff Picks: Why I still love the Federal Almanac of the Judiciary ! by Lucy Curci-Gonzalez
One of my all-time favorite research tools—especially back in my law firm days—is the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary. When I was prepping dossiers on federal judges and magistrates, I always made sure to include reports from the Almanac alongside the usual legal analytics. Why? Because it offers something no database or docket can […]
This Primary Day ..a look Back at When Brooklyn had its own Mayor…
Proud Brooklynites (and is there really any other kind, lol?) can argue that NYC’s current Mayor Eric Adams is a native of Brooklyn, and more than a few Hizzoners have hailed from Kings County…
But there was a time when all the Mayors of Brooklyn were from, well, Brooklyn!
Once upon a time, Brooklyn was its […]
Printing & Emailing from the new LLMC Website
LLMC-Digital has launched an extensive upgrade to their website recently and many of our members have had questions as to how to navigate to the printing and emailing functions. Here are two short tutorials on exactly how to do that. In a nutshell, you’ll need to set up an account with LLMC once you’ve […]
This Juneteenth — check out these NYLI Resources !
Juneteenth was made a Federal Holiday when President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in 2021 — but it has been a longstanding tradition, first celebrated by the African-American community in Texas in 1866. It was established as a Texas State Holiday in 1980.
What is Juneteenth?
Slavery’s end with the Emancipation Proclamation was not known, and not immediately […]
NYLI will close for Juneteenth
NYLI will be closed on Thursday, June 19th, 2025 in celebration of Juneteenth.