One way of achieving a kind of immortality is to have a process named for you. Louis Pasteur discovered that microorganisms caused disease and fermentation and that this could be prevented by a heating process that became known as Pasteurization. Charles Cunningham Boycott, a 19th Century estate manager, refused to lower tenant […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
