Monthly Archives: May 2023

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day everyone.

By |May 29th, 2023|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 26, and will be closed Monday, May 29, 2023 in observance of Memorial Day . NYLI will reopen on Tuesday, May 30th at 9 a.m.

Happy Memorial Day!

By |May 24th, 2023|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Closed for Memorial Day

All About NYLI Webinar

The New York Law Institute now offers members a variety of resources and services including 2 eBooks collections providing access to over 200,000 eBook titles.

We offer the entire West Academic Nutshells series in eBook format, hundreds of ABA titles, and Mathew Bender legal treatises.  We also offer access to valuable electronic resources such as […]

By |May 22nd, 2023|Announcements|Comments Off on All About NYLI Webinar

Check out NYLI’s 2023 Summers’ Libguide (& a possible reason why they aren’t called Springers, lol)

It’s May… and in the Law Firm world… that means that Summer Associates are arriving !!

And that means that The NY Law Institute has a new resource for you — the 2023 Summer Associate LibGuide….For our librarian colleagues — check it out for info on teaching legal research and writing, creating presentations, and […]

By |May 17th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Check out NYLI’s 2023 Summers’ Libguide (& a possible reason why they aren’t called Springers, lol)

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group May Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday May 18th at 12. We will discuss White Bird: A Wonder Story by R. J. Palacio (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 11th, 2023|Announcements|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group May Online Meeting

LLAGNY Book Club to meet May 16th.. @ NYLI !

LLAGNY Book Club will be meeting on May 16th at — in person!– to discuss People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks….

RSVP to Jill Gray at jill.gray@friedfrank.com

& mark your calendar — May 16th, 6 p.m. — at The New York Law Institute… for another great read & discussion of ideas with your LLAGNY colleagues!

The […]

By |May 10th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on LLAGNY Book Club to meet May 16th.. @ NYLI !

Take a Wright on Miller – Let NYLI be your GPS for Federal Practice & Procedure Research

Wright & Miller — as it is commonly known — has been the go to resource for attorneys researching federal civil, criminal and appellate procedure, as well as rules of civil, criminal, and appellate procedure, rules of evidence, the federal judicial system, jurisdiction of all federal courts, venue, removal of cases, res judicata, […]

By |May 8th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Take a Wright on Miller – Let NYLI be your GPS for Federal Practice & Procedure Research

Australia & Boston… Metafiction and Mystery: LLAGNY Book Club Review

The LLAGNY Book Club met once again in late February to discuss Australian author Sulari Gentill’s mystery novel The Woman in the Library….

For more on the book club’s discussion of this very contemporary mystery, click here for my full review as posted in Law Lines…. & keep an eye out for posting & […]

By |May 3rd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Australia & Boston… Metafiction and Mystery: LLAGNY Book Club Review

Celebrities surprise NYLI by attending Fave Song Lyric Contest!

We were more than a little surprised when Elvis Presley showed up at NYLI with his entourage — Carmen Miranda, Tina Turner, Marilyn Monroe and Amy Winehouse, for our Favorite Song Lyric Contest Drawing. Tina had the honor of drawing the winners — but all of of our celebrity guests were […]

By |May 2nd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Celebrities surprise NYLI by attending Fave Song Lyric Contest!

It’s May 1st… Law Day

Law Day is over 60 years old but its mission remains the same: held annually on May 1, it is a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law. 

Past Law Day Themes included celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Constitution in Times of Change, and Advancing the […]

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