Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Upon entering The New York Law Institute’s offices at 120 Broadway, visitors may notice the foyer area medallions depicting two men in profile…… Who are these dudes, anyway? Before the advent of the “Cravath system” , as described in John Oller‘s history White Shoe: How a New Breed of Wall Street Lawyers Changed Big Business—and…

Inspired by both the American and French Revolutions, particularly by the writings of Thomas Paine, historians consider the Irish Rebellion of 1798 as the greatest threat to English Rule between 1641 revolt and the Easter Uprising of 1916. And the participants and sons of this rebellion would help shape 19th Century American Law and help…

And finally, THE resource for celebrating Juneteenth — is Professor Gates’ definitive Encyclopedia — available as an eBook at NYLI…..

Obviously, Abraham Lincoln is immediately identified as a U.S. President…. But it could easily be argued that Lincoln is the still the best lawyer who ever became President…. Lincoln is estimated to have been a lawyer for approximately 5,600 cases and presided as a pro-tem Judge for about 300… Corporate Tax Law? Lincoln was attorney…

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday March 26th at 12.  We will discuss by You Must Take Part in Revolution by Badiucao and Melissa Chan (available at NYPL).  Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles. Please contact, Eileen Dolan at edolan@NYLI.org to be added to the meeting.

NYLI Board member and Director of Research and Knowledge Services, Eversheds Sutherland, Scott Bailey will be making Opening Remarks and speaking on panels From Library to Intelligence Engine: The Research Function Reimagined for the AI Era and Field Notes: The Co-Evolution of the Library and Legal Tech at LegalTechConnect’s sold-out Law Firm Research & Innovation…