At finals time, we get complaints about noise in the library. We do what we can to cultivate a quiet environment by asking people to be quieter when we observe an issue but we can’t be everywhere. We count on your cooperation to help maintain a quiet space for all. All areas in the library […]

At a time when women lawyers were often relegated to handling only “women’s issues,” Sybil Shainwald ’76 turned that limitation into a trailblazing career.  Earning her law degree in the school’s evening program in her late 40s, Sybil went on to specialize in women’s health reform.  She litigated cases involving drugs and medical devices that […]

Did you have trouble waking up on Monday?  Or maybe overslept on Sunday?  Well, changing the clocks may be a thing of the past. On Tuesday, March 15th, the Senate unanimously passed a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent.  Marco Rubio introduced the bill back on March 9, 2021 but unfortunately it was […]

On February 25, 2022, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she would fill the seat of the retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer—the Justice for whom she once clerked.  Judge Brown Jackson currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. If confirmed, Judge Brown Jackson […]

In 1869, Myra Bradwell, who had passed the Illinois bar exam, was denied admission to the bar, on the grounds that a married woman couldn’t enter into contracts because of the common law doctrine of coverture and also because of her gender.  In the Illinois Supreme Court’s view, women weren’t entitled to practice law. Voting […]

Celebrating Black History Month provides the opportunity to highlight some of New York Law School’s most distinguished Black alumni.  For our final Black History Month post, we honor Marianne Spraggins, NYLS class of 1976, who was the first African American female Managing Director on Wall Street, at Smith Barney.  Ms. Spraggins also holds an LL.M. […]

We hope you had fun “Finding Love in the Library” during our 2022 Valentine’s Day Info Hunt.  A big THANKS to everyone who entered!  While we promised to select 10 prize winners, because we had such great participation, we instead have randomly selected 15 lucky prize winners, each of whom will receive a prize from […]

Love is (Still) In the Air in the Mendik Library! A quick reminder that today, Friday, February 18th is the last day to enter the Mendik Library Valentine’s Day Info Hunt for a chance to WIN one of 10 great prizes, including study aids, Lexis points, law dictionaries, NYLS commuter mugs, and online subscriptions to […]

Moses Leonard Frazier, Class of 1899, is believed to have been New York Law School’s first African American graduate.  An “Item of Interest” published in the July 23, 1902 issue of The Religious Telescope notes that he had been born into slavery in New Orleans in 1860.  A December 1902 issue of Successful American (published by […]