Welcome back! Below is the Library’s schedule, beginning January 19, 2021, through and including spring break.  

If you want to dig into the law and history that surrounds presidential impeachment, HeinOnline has built an entire online research collection. You’ll need to first sign in with your NYLS network credentials. Here is a brief description from HeinOnline: Organized by the four affected presidents, this collection brings together a variety of documents both […]

With finals approaching, your thoughts may be turning to study aids. If you’re interested in digital versions, you’re in luck. Our LexisNexis Digital Library, a collection of eBooks that you can check out and read on your computer, includes dozens of study aids and treatises. You can access all of them from the Library’s home […]

Digital Study Aids With finals approaching, your thoughts may be turning to study aids. If you’re interested in digital versions, you’re in luck. Our LexisNexis Digital Library, a collection of eBooks that you can check out and read on your computer, includes dozens of study aids and treatises. You can access all of them from […]

Although the Library will be closed Thanksgiving Day (Thursday November 26), the Mendik Library space will be open with regular hours on Friday November 27 and Saturday November 28. Extended exam study hours will begin on Sunday November 29 through Monday December 21. The full schedule of exam study hours is set out below. Thursday, […]

A Firm Perspective is written by Martha Goldman, a retired BigLaw firm library manager who then returned to NYLS’s Mendik Library where her career began… How Are Your Database Skills? If you think you know all about Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law and/or FastCase, please rethink your comfort level.  Learning should be ongoing while in law school […]

  Do you need a quiet place to study with stable internet and socially distanced seating? The Mendik Library is open Monday-Friday: 8:00am-8:00pm & Saturday: 8:00am-6:00pm. Remember to wear your mask and to fill out your LiveSafe Daily Health Survey before arriving!   Remember to follow our new Instagram @nyls_mendiklibrary!

November 3, 2020 marks the five-year anniversary of publication of Prof. Michael Roffer’s book, The Law Book: From Hammurabi to the International Criminal Court, 250 Milestones in the History of Law. The book explores 250 of some of the most significant, far-reaching, and often controversial cases, laws, and trials that have changed our world—for good […]