And as technology (and society) changes, new laws are created and old ones are amended. Nutshells are essential to cracking open new areas of law — and for keeping up to date on your own area of expertise.
So, without any further fuss or ado, here’s the 2025 list (so far!) of Nutshells making their debut…
NYLI’s Director of IT & Marketing Ellyssa Valenti Kroski was a guest on the latest Geek in Review podcast discussing her new book, Law Librarianship in the Age of AI and her Alexander Hamilton-themed escape room which she’ll be running at the Ark Group’s 14th annual Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services in New York,…
Celebrity actor in contested divorce…. media taking sides…. crowds attending proceedings…mutual accusations of infidelity…prominent lawyers…landmark alimony settlement followed by a dispute over legal fees. Sound familiar? Well, if you were around in 1850s, it would! Philadelphia native son and premier American Shakespearean actor Edwin Forrest attempted to obtain a divorce from wife Catherine through the…
Summer draws to a close with Labor Day. Perhaps you’ve already put away your white dresses and pants in favor of corduroys & cozy cardigans…. And, somehow, September brings about the “Back to School” mood in all of us… Today’s lesson is a quick review of Labor resources (particularly FLSA!) at NYLI… So after you’ve…
NYLI’s Technical Services Librarian, Eileen Dolan will be a guest speaker at an AALL Annual all-day pre-conference workshop titled Metadata Magicians’ Secrets Revealed: Basic Legal Cataloging on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 9:00am – 4:00pm. Speakers and moderators include: Coordinator/Speaker(s): Keelan Weber (she/her/hers) Head of Technical Services Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc., New Jersey, United States…
For anyone looking for a primer on legal research, we have a brand new LibGuide detailing where to find the law including primary sources such as constitutions, statutes, court opinions and case law, regulations, and administrative decisions as well as important secondary and scholarly sources which may be cited as persuasive authority such as treatises,…
AI is not going to replace you. You’re going to be replaced by someone who uses AI to outperform you. – Laurence Liew, director for AI Innovation at AI Singapore There’s no doubt about it; today’s Generative AI (GAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Claude, are disruptive technologies. Boasting the ability to…