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About Emily Moog

Emily Moog is a Research Analyst at The New York Law Institute. Her career started as a page at The New York Public Library and she has worked for more than two decades as a law librarian in NYC, working at Cleary Gottlieb, Paul Weiss, and most recently at Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP. Emily served on the LLAGNY Board, and is a frequent contributor to its newsletter, “Law Lines”. Emily's interest include legal research, New York City history and anything a little obscure!

August is National Make a Will Month.. check out these resources for making in will in NY

August, a month where NYC empties out as residents search to enjoy the last week of Summer away from city pavement, has been designated “National Make a Will Month” .

Where to begin? Free sources are available….

For getting the right lawyer, click here for NYC Bar Association’s offer to help you find the right match…

And […]

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Staff Picks: Can’t Help Falling in Love…with Elvis Law! by Ellyssa Valenti Kroski

When you think of landmark legal battles, names like Brown, Roe, and Miranda might come to mind. But The Velvet Elvis? Geraldo Rivera? A 16-hour documentary? Only one legal resource dares to take you there: The Little Book of Elvis Law.

This gem from the American Bar Association is less about Blue Suede Shoes and […]

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Happy 90th Birthday to Social Security! Some History & NYLI Resources

Social Security has now been part of the American social contract for nine decades. Enacted during President FDR’s first term (P.L. 74-271), the system requires employers and employees to contribute payments to those currently retired or unable to work due to a disability.

ProQuest Congressional , accessible with NYLI membership, has Ready-Made Topic Sections […]

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NYT’s Best Selling Author Lauren Willig thanks NYLI !

Lauren Willig, NY Times best selling author, visited The New York Law Institute in 2022 and made use of collection to research the “Manhattan Well Murder” case.

Lauren Willig & yours truly ….@ NYLI…back in 2022

Described on the book flap as “part murder mystery, part thriller, part true crime,” Willig’s The Girl from Greenwich […]

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Staff Picks: The Little Black Dress of Legal Resources!

In 1926, French designer Coco Chanel published a picture of a short, simple black dress in Vogue Magazine, and it was immediately hailed as “the frock that all the world will wear.” Since then, designers such as Dior, De Givenchy, Donna Karan and most recently Carly Cushne have all put their own spin on […]

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Nutshells – New & New Editions @ NYLI !

Long a favorite here at NYLI, and certainly worthy of an alliterative headline, Nutshells provide a quick introduction to a specific area of law.

Trust the OED (available to NYLI members) to give the definitive definition!

And as technology (and society) changes, new laws are created and old ones are amended. Nutshells are essential to […]

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Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite! & a Happy Bastille Day from NYLI !

The French Revolution (1789) was somewhat inspired by the Spirit of 1776, and so it’s fitting that the French National Holiday of Bastille Day (July 14th) occurs a week or two after our own country’s July 4th celebrations…

Hmm… “The Rights of Man”….is that from our own firebrand Thomas Paine? LLMC (available with NYLI […]

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NYLI’s Brady & his Mini Me are here to help with Criminal Law research

As you may know from an earlier blog, NYLI is currently in temporary quarters, and during the move — our own Mr. James T. Brady was reunited with his long lost mini-me….

Mini Brady was probably a kind of salesman’s sample … a terracotta miniature proposal made by the artist for approval before beginning on […]

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Staff Picks: Why I still love the Federal Almanac of the Judiciary ! by Lucy Curci-Gonzalez

One of my all-time favorite research tools—especially back in my law firm days—is the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary. When I was prepping dossiers on federal judges and magistrates, I always made sure to include reports from the Almanac alongside the usual legal analytics. Why? Because it offers something no database or docket can […]

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This Primary Day ..a look Back at When Brooklyn had its own Mayor…

Proud Brooklynites (and is there really any other kind, lol?) can argue that NYC’s current Mayor Eric Adams is a native of Brooklyn, and more than a few Hizzoners have hailed from Kings County…

But there was a time when all the Mayors of Brooklyn were from, well, Brooklyn!

Once upon a time, Brooklyn was its […]

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