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Back to School… The 1L edition…
My favorite “go to” source for any attorney, from 1L to corner office partner, are the Nutshells. Every topic and practice area is covered concisely. And yes, there is a Legal Research in a Nutshell, Legal Writing and Analysis in a Nutshell, and one on making your litigation debut…. You’ll be ready for your close-up…
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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!
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This Juneteenth — check out these NYLI Resources !
And finally, THE resource for celebrating Juneteenth — is Professor Gates’ definitive Encyclopedia — available as an eBook at NYLI…..
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Fats Waller, Popeye & Virginia Woolf walk into a Bar (otherwise known as Public Domain Day!)
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…
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Did you Know? The Thanksgiving Edition…
You probably know that Thanksgiving is celebrated this year on November 28th…. But did you know that until the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the month and day of Thanksgiving varied from year to year (and from state to state)…. In the midst of the Civil War, Lincoln asks the Nation to observe Thanksgiving…. And ,…
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Did You Know…Veterans Day Edition from NYLI
You probably know that November 11th is known as Veterans Day, a Federal Holiday…. And you may know that Veterans Day was original “Armistice Day” — commemorating the end of World War I (November 11, 1918) … But did you know that November 11th officially became Veterans Day on June 1, 1954 (P.L. 280)? You…
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NYLI gets involved in disputed election (back in 1876!)
The 1876 Presidential Election was one of the most contentious ever…. NY Democrat Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote over Ohio Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. But…. 20 Electoral Votes (Florida, Louisiana, Oregon, South Carolina) were in dispute. Am I the only one experiencing Deja Vu over these historical facts? Election fraud was suspected. Democrats…
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This Halloween — AI Tricks & Research Treats @ NYLI
The end of October — Halloween! — brings out the tricks and treats, even here in the seemingly staid New York Law Institute…. For those colleagues that are a little spooked by AI — here are some “tricks” regarding prompt engineering & chatbots that will put your AI fears aside…. And for any law librarian…
