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Graphic Novel Club celebrates 8 years.. with NYLI’s Eileen Dolan at the Helm!

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Club celebrates its eighth anniversary this year….and my colleague Chris Walunas has written his own love letter to the group on Law Lines… click here to read his appreciation!

Graphic Novel meetings now held on ZOOM… Are you ready to join?

And, we are proud to say, NYLI’s own Eileen Dolan is the […]

By |August 21st, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Graphic Novel Club celebrates 8 years.. with NYLI’s Eileen Dolan at the Helm!

Member Chat featuring Kimberly Council

Kimberly Council, former LLAGNY President and current Deputy Borough President of Brooklyn, chatted with me about librarianship and politics (and how they really aren’t that different!) . . .

Check out the full Law Lines interview by clicking here…..

By |August 16th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Member Chat featuring Kimberly Council

Book Company Execs visit NYLI!

My colleague Brooke Raymond met up with Sanjay Kapoor and Sumain Malik, legal publishing executives at SCC online/Eastern Book company, at the recent AALL conference in Boston. Sanjay and Sumain took Brooke up on her invitation to tour NYLI…. and we were honored to share our love of books and information resources […]

By |August 14th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Book Company Execs visit NYLI!

Member Chat with Janice E. Easton-Epner !

Janice E. Easton-Epner talks librarianship, publishing, LLAGNY volunteering, & CLE’s…

To read full Law Lines interview… click here!!

By |August 9th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Member Chat with Janice E. Easton-Epner !

Law Student tours NYLI…

Tyler Joseph (T.J.) Wright, University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis, MN) law school student, toured NYLI in mid-July. T.J.’s interests include IP (trademark and copyright) and corporate law. We enjoyed meeting Tyler and showing off our unique collection as well as giving him directions to nearby Trinity Churchyard — home […]

By |August 7th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Law Student tours NYLI…

What’s New in Nutshells at NYLI?

Nutshells are THE starting point to research a new area of law….

And here at NYLI, we are always acquiring new Nutshells, many as eBooks, for our members…

West’s latest nutshell…. and we’ve got it @ NYLI as an eBook

Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell … 8th Edition just released … and, you guessed […]

By |August 2nd, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on What’s New in Nutshells at NYLI?

Bankruptcy Clerks attend NYLI orientation (& check out our Bankruptcy LibGuide!)

The New York Law Institute was happy to meet once again with U.S. Bankruptcy (EDNY) summer interns & clerks and provide research tips and general orientation to our collection…

Archival materials… Clerks get their glove on…

And… for our viewers at home… get up to speed on Bankruptcy research by checking out our LibGuide…..

By |July 31st, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Bankruptcy Clerks attend NYLI orientation (& check out our Bankruptcy LibGuide!)

@ AALL ? Then here’s a Boston Puzzle!

Now that you have returned from the 2023 AALL convention…..

You may enjoy my Boston themed crossword puzzle… Just click here for the puzzle & answer key…. (& no cheating, lol!)

The NY Law Institute — we’ve got a lot! == Records & Briefs, eBooks, print, research guidance of expert librarians… & a puzzle […]

By |July 26th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on @ AALL ? Then here’s a Boston Puzzle!

8 Resources for New York State Legal Research + a LibGuide!

My colleague, Brooke Raymond, has written a great guide to resources for New York Legal Research … check out her Law Lines article by clicking here….

NY Civil Practice Annuals…or as the cognoscenti call them “Clevenger’s” … all the way back to 1921 @ NYLI

And don’t forget to look at Brooke’s related LibGuide […]

By |July 24th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 8 Resources for New York State Legal Research + a LibGuide!

A Book (and a People’s) Survival: Book Club meets @ NYLI to discuss Brooks’- People of the Book

The LLAGNY Book Club met in Mid-May at NYLI to discuss Geraldine’s Brooks’ People of the Book, a work of historical fiction that chronicles the history of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah….

Historical articles & pictures artfully displayed for LLAGNY’s “People of the Book” discussion…..

For more on the book club’s discussion of this many faceted historical […]

By |July 19th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on A Book (and a People’s) Survival: Book Club meets @ NYLI to discuss Brooks’- People of the Book