The study and practice of law has frequently been described as encompassing both the scholarly and popular aspects of cultural life. The Mendik Library’s Law School 411 LibGuide provides an online multimedia bibliography to students thinking about law school as well as to those currently enrolled. It features books, movies and websites dedicated to the […]

SCOTUSblog, a popular blog providing comprehensive coverage of the United States Supreme Court, recently announced the availability of a FREE iOS app. The new app provides mobile access to the content available on SCOTUSblog, access to its Twitter feed, and notifications alerting users to breaking Supreme Court news.  It will also “be rolling out new […]

For the second year in a row, NYLS’s LASIS blog was named a fan favorite in the ABA Journal’s annual list of the top 100 law blogs (The Blawg 100).  This year, LASIS was voted number 1 in the News/Analysis category, besting a host of other blogs, including Above the Law, The Volokh Conspiracy, the […]

The ABA Journal has just released its sixth annual list of the top 100 law blogs (or blawgs).  NYLS’s own Legal As She Is Spoke (LASIS) blog, a product of the Program in Law and Journalism under the direction of Michelle Zierler, once again makes that prestigious list.  The blog’s staff and writers are students in Professor Zierler’s Legal […]

The ABA Journal has just released its fourth annual list of the top 100 law blogs (or blawgs).  In this year’s annotated list, you’ll find the blogs organized by category.

The last prize drawing of the semester for those who register and remain registered for the Mendik Law Library News blog will be held on Friday, November 12, 2010. Only OneLs who remain registered for Mendik Law Library News as of November 12, 2010 are eligible. Winners will receive one of three NYLS Guest Cards […]

Blogs are frequently updated web pages that collect links to news, articles, or other types of material and often provide personal commentary on a particular subject.  Law oriented blogs (sometimes called ‘blawgs’) have exploded in the past decade and like other types of blogs, they run the gamut in both focus and quality.  When they […]

The ABA Journal has posted its annotated list of this year’s best legal blogs.

To view a directory of law-related podcasts (and vidcasts) or to search for them, BlawgSearch.com now offers Blawgs.fm.  Categories of “Blawgcasts” offered include: Business Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Intellectual Property Law, Law Professors, and many others.