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…
September 15 to October 15 marks Hispanic Heritage Month which recognizes the triumphs and achievements of Hispanic Americans. Here are 48 resources to help you celebrate this month! Politics, Law, and Government Resources Resource Guides Researching Latin American Law: Getting Started from Loyola University Chicago About the Hispanic, Portuguese, and Caribbean Collections: Overview and Researcher’s…
NYLI’s Director of IT & Marketing Ellyssa Valenti Kroski was a guest on the latest Geek in Review podcast discussing her new book, Law Librarianship in the Age of AI and her Alexander Hamilton-themed escape room which she’ll be running at the Ark Group’s 14th annual Law Firm Library, Research & Information Services in New York,…
Sept 10th: 11am This 1-hour webinar will discuss prompt engineering techniques for use with general large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Claude AI including the Costar Framework, zero shot, few shot, and chain of thought prompting among others. Prompt engineering techniques for interacting with retrieval augmented generation (RAG) models such…
In addition to renovating our physical space at 120 Broadway in New York City, NYLI has refreshed its digital presence with an updated website. Our goal was to modernize and simplify the experience while keeping everything where you would expect to find it. The refreshed site features a cleaner design, improved accessibility, and a responsive…
Celebrity actor in contested divorce…. media taking sides…. crowds attending proceedings…mutual accusations of infidelity…prominent lawyers…landmark alimony settlement followed by a dispute over legal fees. Sound familiar? Well, if you were around in 1850s, it would! Philadelphia native son and premier American Shakespearean actor Edwin Forrest attempted to obtain a divorce from wife Catherine through the…
NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski has published The Big Sourcebook of Free and Low-Cost Library Programming: 300+ Resources, Ideas, and Tools with ALA Editions. From the press release: CHICAGO — There’s no need to spend hours trying to come up with creative programming ideas—bestselling library activity guru Ellyssa Kroski has already…