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 cracking open new areas of law — and for keeping up to date on your own area of expertise.

So, without any further fuss or ado, here’s the 2025 list (so far!) of Nutshells making their debut…

And for keeping up with all the changes, Nutshells have you covered with these 2025 latest & greatest editions…

For relations close to home — there’s Family Law in a Nutshell (9th), Children and the Law in a Nutshell (8th), Special Education in a Nutshell (2nd) and Community Property in a Nutshell (5th).

We’ve been hearing about globalization for so long that it’s a bit of a cliche, but still, don’t let the world pass you by! International Business Transactions in a Nutshell (12th), Public International Law (7th), and International Human Rights in a Nutshell (6th) focus on different areas of legal practice and all have been updated just this year…

The foundations of our legal system survive perhaps because they both change with the times and adhere to core principles — and so, there are new editions of Constitutional Analysis in a Nutshell (4th) and Administrative Law and Process in a Nutshell (7th).

And what about Nutshells for litigators?

“Clueless” film’s protagonist Cher calls litigators “the scariest kind of lawyers”

Whether you are scary or not, if you are a litigator –you need to check out these two 2025 Nutshells — Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell (12th) and Depositions in a Nutshell (3rd)

Nutshells, Records & Briefs, eBooks, print, and research assistance from our friendly librarians — it’s all at The New York Law Institute.

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