Lucy, Brooke and I were thrilled to attend the early February book launch at the historic Strand Bookstore. Stacy Horn chatted about the process of writing how white collar crime resulted in East New York eventually earning the NYPD nickname “the Killing Fields” as the once thriving working class Brooklyn neighborhood became the murder capital…
This Martin Luther King Day… remember him by learning more about the Civil Rights Act (1964)…. Martin Luther King Jr’s life was dedicated to ensuring Civil Rights. For more on the passage of the 1964 Act, check out this source….. Congressional Research Service documents… available to NYLI members through PQ Congressional …. MLK’s vision was…
The end of October — Halloween! — brings out the tricks and treats, even here in the seemingly staid New York Law Institute…. For those colleagues that are a little spooked by AI — here are some “tricks” regarding prompt engineering & chatbots that will put your AI fears aside…. And for any law librarian…
Irish immigrants have been part of the American landscape since before the American Revolution… And some early & notable members of The NY Law Institute were Irish American Lawyers. There’s Thomas Addis Emmet…. Thomas Addis Emmet , older brother of famed Robert, was an early legal adviser to the Society of the United Irishmen . Emigrating to America after…
The New York Law Institute will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2025 in observance of the Presidents’ Day national holiday and will reopen on Tuesday, February 18th at 9:00 AM.
