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. It’s an integral part of the “competencies” that NYLS and the ABA require of law students.  Effective research skills are vital to students engaged in any type of legal […]

Below are the revised schedules for the Mendik Library’s summer hours of operation, from Saturday, May 22 through Sunday, August 8, 2021.

The Mendik library will be offering extended hours from Monday, May 3 to Friday, May 21, 2021.  Please see the schedule below.

A Firm Perspective is written by Martha Goldman, a retired Big Law firm library manager who then returned to the NYLS Mendik Library where her career began… A deadline exists for a reason, and there should be no assumption that a deadline is flexible.  A deadline date and/or time do not imply that you can do the work if you have […]

Our very own Elevator Ed will again be celebrating Earth Day this year (on April 22). If planting flowers is not your thing, head over to the Earth Day Network, which will be live streaming three days of climate action beginning on April 20, 2021, with a global youth climate summit led by Earth Uprising.