Does your phone or laptop need a charge? Stop by the Library’s Circulation Desk and the juice is on us; no charge to charge – it’s free! Charging is limited to 30 minutes if another student needs the charger too. Otherwise, you can fill ‘er up.

The Mendik Library will be closed on Labor Day, Monday September 2, 2019. It will be reopened for its regular hours on Tuesday September 3, 2019. Check the Library’s home page for all hours information.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died at the age of 99 on July 16, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  With over three decades on the Supreme Court bench, wearing his trademark bowtie, Stevens was the third-longest serving Justice of the high court before his June 2010 retirement. Born and raised in Chicago, Stevens […]

The Challenge is On! Join us Wednesday June 5 (and on any or all of the following Wednesdays through June 26), for the Mendik Library’s 2019 Summer Research Challenge! Hone your research skills with real issues you’ll encounter in practice and have some fun at the same time. Get all the details here and follow […]

The Library wants to help!! Here are three important tips as you prepare for upcoming exams: · Visit the Library’s Exam Preparation Resources page for lots of sources containing practical advice and strategies. · Visit our archive of previous years’ exams, organized by course name and professor, found under Student Resources on the NYLS Portal. […]

Each year on May 1st, the United States celebrates Law Day. First designated in 1958 by President Eisenhower, Law Day celebrates the rule of law and its contributions to Americans’ many freedoms. This year’s theme is Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society, which “focuses on these cornerstones of representative government and calls on us to […]

Monday April 22, 2019 is Earth Day. This year’s Earth Day Network campaign is Protect Our Species, which aims to educate and raise awareness about the accelerating rate of extinction of millions of species. It also seeks to build a global movement that embraces nature and its values and to achieve major policy victories that […]

Selecting Your Courses for Next Year: Why You Should Consider Legal Research Among the most important skills all lawyers rely upon is the ability to do legal research—to find what’s needed to interpret and analyze legal issues. Legal research is an integral part of the “competencies” that NYLS and the ABA require of law students. […]