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NYT’s Best Selling Author Lauren Willig thanks NYLI !

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 […]

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Staff Picks: The Little Black Dress of Legal Resources!

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 […]

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Nutshells – New & New Editions @ NYLI !

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 […]

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NYLI Newsletter Summer 2025

Our latest NYLI Newsletter is now available to read in your browser! Access it here.

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Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite! & a Happy Bastille Day from NYLI !

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 […]

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NYLI’s Brady & his Mini Me are here to help with Criminal Law research

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 […]

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Law Librarianship Practice book edited by NYLI’s Director of Innovation

This ground-breaking new legal librarianship book edited by Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, serves as an invaluable resource for practicing law librarians who want to be at the forefront of information technology and law libraries. The book is slated for publication in mid-July.

“Law Librarianship Practice, edited by Ellyssa Kroski, […]

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NYLI Closing for 4th of July

NYLI will close at 2pm on Thursday July 3rd and all day Friday July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will re-open on Monday, July 7th at 9 am.

Happy 4th of July!!!

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Staff Picks: Why I still love the Federal Almanac of the Judiciary ! by Lucy Curci-Gonzalez

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 […]

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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!

Once upon a time, Brooklyn was its […]

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