Once again, LLAGNY’s Professional Advancement Committee (PAC) presented a CLE for attorneys that was both deeply informative and timely. Click here for all the details of PAC’s latest Continuing Legal Education on Immigration…..
Lucy, Brooke and I were thrilled to attend the early February book launch at the historic Strand Bookstore. Stacy Horn chatted about the process of writing how white collar crime resulted in East New York eventually earning the NYPD nickname “the Killing Fields” as the once thriving working class Brooklyn neighborhood became the murder capital…
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 now…
It’s Summer — time for internships – and time for a little NYLI orientation ! We were pleased to meet up with U.S. Bankruptcy summer clerks and provide research tips and orientation to NYLI’s collection…. And summer learning isn’t just for summer clerks! Check out my colleague Brooke Raymond’s excellent LibGuide on Bankruptcy….by clicking here…
The New York Law Institute is pleased to share the many heartwarming library memories shared with us by our colleagues. And we were more than a little surprised that this year’s celebrities were able to time travel from Victorian England to present day New York City for the drawing of the winner…. But before we…
Created during the Cold War to commemorate the Rule of Law as opposed to totalitarianism, the ABA continues to create themes for the celebration of Law Day as well as special programs…. Start off your Law Day by listening to ABA President Mary Smith and Law Librarian of Congress Asilhan Bulut discuss this year’s theme…
LLAGNY’s Professional Advancement Committee teamed up with Deliberate Solos for yet another excellent CLE program…. held in March at The New York Law Institute …. Click here for my Law Lines review of “Emerging AI Issues for Lawyers”.
Reminder…. Favorite Library Memory Contest deadline is April 25th… Write up your favorite library memory… and you may win a prize at our annual celebrity drawing….. So…. don’t delay… email me (emoog@nyli.org) your entry today….
At February’s meeting, LLAGNY Book Club had a spirited discussion of poet Sylvia Plath’s classic novel The Bell Jar…. Check out my full review as posted on Law Lines by clicking here …. And remember to check the calendar for future book club information and all things LLAGNY….
April means showers, a fool or two, taxes due, Poetry Month & Library Week… And, once again, it’s the month The New York Law Institute runs a contest…. Submit your favorite library memory – it could be anything from your first trip to get a card, first library job, or a more recent recollection… Please…