The New York Law Institute will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2025 in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  NYLI will reopen on Tuesday, January 21st at 9:00 AM. Enjoy the holiday!

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday January 23rd at 12. We will discuss Einstein in Kafkaland  by Ken Krimstein (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.

The New York Law Institute will remain open today for the National Day of Mourning honoring the legacy of former President Jimmy Carter. Here are some eBook resources available about his life and career. Jimmy Carter As Educational Policymaker : Equal Opportunity and Efficiency Michael, Deanna L.State University of New York Press  2008 Analyzes educational reform…

Regarded as a definitive legal authority, Black’s Law Dictionary was first published in 1861. Author Henry Campbell Black’s original preface describes the work as “a concise and yet comprehensive book of definitions of the terms, phrases, and maxims used in American law…necessary to be understood by the working lawyer and judge, as well as student…”….

Alexander Hamilton’s epitaph notes that he was “a patriot, soldier and statesman whose talents and virtues will be admired long after this marble shall have mouldered into dust”. And with Lin-Manuel’s Musical, many now know of the duel that led to Hamilton’s early death. Secretary of Treasury, George Washington’s Aide de Camp, founder of the…

The written word, images, music and film all exit the world of copyright and enter into public domain….. This Public Domain Day (1.1.2025), we’ve got some interesting graduates entering into the latest class of public domain works of art…. Virginia Woolf’s seminal feminist essay “A Room of One’s Own,”as well as Hemingway’s war novel “A…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

The New York Law Institute will close early at 2:00pm on Tuesday, December 24th and will be closed Wednesday, December 25th for the Christmas holiday. We here at NYLI wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!