NYLI Holiday 2024 Newsletter

Regarded as a definitive legal authority, Black’s Law Dictionary was first published in 1861. Author Henry Campbell Black’s original preface describes the work as “a concise and yet comprehensive book of definitions of the terms, phrases, and maxims used in American law…necessary to be understood by the working lawyer and judge, as well as student…”….

Staff Picks: NYLI’s Super Superseded Collection by Brooke Raymond I’ve been at NYLI since June 2022 and am still continually amazed at the breadth of its collection.   It’s been hard to pick a favorite – our print, eBooks, Records & Briefs, LLMC, ProQuest Congressional and all the standard databases – are all essential resources for…

Creator of the model Field Codes of civil procedure that were adopted by Montana and California. “Field Codes” also went international; they became a foundation for civil procedure in England, Ireland and India. Nearly disbarred for his activities on behalf of financiers Gould & Fiske in their litigation with Vanderbilt over control of the Erie…