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!
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 […]
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 […]
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
[…]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Compiled by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
The New York Law Institute is lucky to have Chinatown as one of our close neighbors. We, along with the Library of Congress, and all Americans celebrate this month with Asian and Pacific Islanders.
P.L.
95-419 was enacted in 1978 designating the week of May 4th as
Asian/Pacific American […]
Reaffirming NYLI Pro Bono Support in Light of AAPI Attacks
On June 10th of last year NYLI staff issued a statement
in response to the George Floyd Tragedy. Little did we think that in a
few months our country would be again faced with the tragedy of attacks on our
fellow Americans. The NYLI staff decries the scapegoating of
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who are being wrongly […]
ARK Law Firm Libraries 2021 Conference Coverage: Expert Perspective on Change Management
by Lucy Curci-Gonzalez/ NYLI Executive Director
For the second pandemic year, the annual ARK Law Firm
Libraries conference went virtual. I
attended this highly regarded program from my home office where I attended a
number of excellent sessions that
delivered high-quality content on a usable platform.
ARK’s annual Law Firm Libraries program is noted for
bring together leaders from the legal […]