Happy 50th Birthday Hip Hop! The Bronx, home of the Yankees and Fordham University, is credited to giving the world the music of hip hop…. NYLI gives its shout out & birthday greetings to Hip Hop …& hopes you consider these resources when protecting your creative rights…. And in our eBook collection.. .there’s…. The New…
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…
As NYLI comes to its conclusion of celebrating Women’s History Month, we’d like to focus on a name far from household knowledge… Helen Marot. Any one of her many careers — as a literary editor and author, labor activist, and librarian — is a cause for celebration…. As labor activist, Helen Marot ….investigated child labor…
For this week in Black History month, we’d like to take a look at pioneering Black entrepreneurs… We’ll conclude with the founder, chairman and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners — Robert F. Smith. One of 16 Black billionaires in the world, Smith is a graduate of Cornell and Columbia Universities. His career…
And what would St. Patrick’s Day be without a discussion of Irish history (and a bit of Irish Rebellion??) Thinking of joining in the research fun?? Click here for NYLI membership information…
95 years after the 15th Amendment’s ratification, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 promised to enforce the right to vote by eliminating obstacles such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and other bureaucratic restrictions imposed by many Southern state legislatures during the post-Reconstruction period. In 1964, nearly 100 years after the Civil War ended, numerous peaceful…
