NYLI News

Hello Neighbor … Brennan Center stops by to tour NYLI !

The New York Law Institute was honored to have Zoe Merriman and Jamie Muth of The Brennan Center for Justice stop by for a quick tour and chat….

The Brennan Center for Justice is one of our neighbors at 120 Broadway. Click here for their full mission statement

As with all good conversation, […]

By |September 23rd, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Hello Neighbor … Brennan Center stops by to tour NYLI !

FAQ: Generative AI in Law Libraries & Notebook LM

NotebookLM is an exciting new (and free!) AI application modeled on Google’s generative AI model, Gemini 1.5 Pro, that will create briefing documents, FAQs, timelines, study guides, tables of contents, and even a podcast based on your content!

After signing up for an account with NotebookLM, you can create different notebooks made up […]

By |September 20th, 2024|News from the Field|Comments Off on FAQ: Generative AI in Law Libraries & Notebook LM

Fleishman is in Trouble (But the LLAGNY Book Club is doing Great): a Review (& Preview)

The LLAGNY Book Club closed out its season with a meeting to discuss first time novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Fleishman Is In Trouble. This contemporary novel (now a series on Hulu) chronicles the milieu of Manhattan’s hyper-achievers and their shifting views of marriage, relationships and family.

Check out my full Law Lines review by clicking here!

And […]

By |September 18th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Fleishman is in Trouble (But the LLAGNY Book Club is doing Great): a Review (& Preview)

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group September Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday September 19th at 12. We will discuss Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao (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.

By |September 16th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group September Online Meeting

Recording: Prompt Engineering & Chatbots in Law Libraries

Here are the slides from yesterday’s webinar.

And here is the video recording:

This 1-hour webinar discusses prompt engineering techniques for use with general large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Claude AI including the Costar Framework, zero shot, few shot, and chain of thought prompting among others. Prompt engineering […]

By |September 11th, 2024|Announcements, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Recording: Prompt Engineering & Chatbots in Law Libraries

It’s Annual Budget Season! – 2025 NYLI Dues

It’s annual budget season. NYLI supports the strategy of filling content gaps and saving on costs by joining a membership library such as The New York Law Institute!  If you need your firm’s projected 2025 NYLI dues or are considering adding NYLI membership in the coming year, please contact Executive Director Lucy Curci-Gonzalez at lcurcigonzalez@nyli.org  or […]

By |September 9th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on It’s Annual Budget Season! – 2025 NYLI Dues

NYLI Skills Series: Prompt Engineering & Chatbots in Law Libraries

Sept 10th: 11am

This 1-hour webinar will discuss prompt engineering techniques for use with general large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Claude AI including the Costar Framework, zero shot, few shot, and chain of thought prompting among others. Prompt engineering techniques for interacting with retrieval augmented generation (RAG) models such […]

By |September 4th, 2024|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI Skills Series: Prompt Engineering & Chatbots in Law Libraries

NYLI closes early Fri 8/30 and will be closed Labor Day Mon 9/2

The New York Law Institute will close at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 30th and will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024 in observance of the Labor Day national holiday. NYLI will reopen at 9 AM on Tuesday the 3rd of September.

By |August 28th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI closes early Fri 8/30 and will be closed Labor Day Mon 9/2

This Labor Day..Learn more about FLSA @ NYLI ….

Summer draws to a close with Labor Day. Perhaps you’ve already put away your white dresses and pants in favor of corduroys & cozy cardigans….And, somehow, September brings about the “Back to School” mood in all of us… Today’s lesson is a quick review of Labor resources (particularly FLSA!) at NYLI…

So […]

By |August 26th, 2024|New at NYLI|Comments Off on This Labor Day..Learn more about FLSA @ NYLI ….

NYLI Skills Series: Prompt Engineering & Chatbots in Law Libraries

Sept 10th: 11am

This 1-hour webinar will discuss prompt engineering techniques for use with general large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Claude AI including the Costar Framework, zero shot, few shot, and chain of thought prompting among others. Prompt engineering techniques for interacting with retrieval augmented generation (RAG) models such […]

By |August 21st, 2024|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI Skills Series: Prompt Engineering & Chatbots in Law Libraries