Monthly Archives: May 2021

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day everyone.

By |May 31st, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on Happy Memorial Day!

NYLI Closed for Memorial Day

The New York Law Institute will be closing early at 2 PM Friday, May 28, 2021 and will be closed Monday, May 31, 2021 in observance of Memorial Day . NYLI will reopen on Tuesday, June 1st at 9 a.m.

Happy Memorial Day!

By |May 26th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Closed for Memorial Day

The 20 Most Borrowed Law Firm Library eBooks – April 2021

Compiled by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian and Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, Director of IT & Marketing.

At The New York Law Institute we provide two expansive eBook collections for remote access by our members; our OverDrive eBook collection consisting of over 100 Matthew Bender titles, nearly 200 ABA titles and the complete West Academic Nutshell […]

By |May 24th, 2021|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on The 20 Most Borrowed Law Firm Library eBooks – April 2021

Getting Your Virtual Summers Ready — A LibGuide for the Busy Librarian !!

Check out our LibGuide for the Busy Librarian — advice on teaching legal research, online meetings, gamification, & reviews of software products for librarians.

For Summer Associates — resume writing, job resources, communication tips. and making Summer 2021 the one that launches your legal career.

NYLI e-Books….. research, […]

By |May 19th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Getting Your Virtual Summers Ready — A LibGuide for the Busy Librarian !!

Proquest Congressional Fun & Fact Checking Webinar

The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with Proquest Congressional, the premier electronic service for access to the activities and publications of the United States Congress, from 1789 to the present. Remote access to ProQuest Congressional is included as […]

By |May 17th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on Proquest Congressional Fun & Fact Checking Webinar

Local Law Library Board Elections

by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian

The New York Law Institute congratulates the newly elected
members of the LLAGNY  and NJLLA Board
of Directors:

Newly elected to LLAGNY
 
Newly elected to NJLLA
 

 

 
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By |May 13th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on Local Law Library Board Elections

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group May Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday May 20th at 12. We will discuss Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan .  (also 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.

By |May 12th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group May Online Meeting

LLMC and Early U.S. Resources Webinar

Webinar times are: Eastern Time

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-Digital, an extensive archive of historical primary and specialized legal materials covering the U.S. federal and state governments, the British Commonwealth, other foreign countries, and various international […]

By |May 10th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on LLMC and Early U.S. Resources Webinar

NYLI Now Has NITA Content on Cheetah

NYLI staff now have access to the entire NITA Practice Collection on Cheetah.   Our research librarians can access these well-respected practical guidance texts from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), a leading provider of trial advocacy skills training  for lawyers, on behalf of our members.   These titles, written by expert litigators, cover topics ranging from prepare to […]

By |May 5th, 2021|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI Now Has NITA Content on Cheetah

NY Gov Impeached… William Sulzer in 1913….

Not even serving a year, William Sulzer was the first — and so far only — New York Governor to be impeached.

What was Sulzer’s crime?

William Sulzer was found guilty by the New York State Assembly of filing false campaign contributions and using $40,000 of monies collected to play the stock market…

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