The Challenge is On!  Join us next Wednesday June 6 (and on any or all of the following Wednesdays through June 27), for the Mendik Library’s 2018 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 […]

Among the most important skills all lawyers rely upon ins 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 […]

Among the most important skills all lawyers rely upon is the ability to do legal research– to find what’s needed to to interpret and analyze legal issues. Legal research is 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 […]

Not heading to Rio for the Olympics?  Curious about the many different laws and regulations that underlie and sometimes impact what has been described as “the world’s most recognized international sporting event”?  Check out the wide-ranging Olympics and International Sports Law Research Guide produced by the Georgetown Law Library.  You may not win any medals […]

Need research help at your summer job or externship?  Let us know—we’d love to help!  Give us a call (212.431.2332), email (reference@nyls.edu) or text (917.300.1933) us, or drop by the reference desk until 8:00 pm weekdays (6:00 pm on Fridays), and noon-6:00 pm on weekends.

You can get LP credit towards fulfilling your RSW requirements by taking this specially added class this Saturday, October 24.  You’ll learn new legal research skills as you work your way through each of the questions in the Halloween Info Hunt.  At the end of class, just drop your completed entry form in the raffle […]

Happy Halloween from the Mendik Library! As an early Halloween treat, here’s your opportunity to WIN one of more than a dozen great study aids, texts, Lexis points, and NYLS Swag!  Just answer any 3 of the 6 Haunted Halloween Info Hunt questions.  Answer all 6 and we’ll double your chances to win by adding […]

Need to draft a contract, motion, pleading, or some other legal document and don’t know where to start?  Don’t re-invent the wheel because . . . there’s a form for that! Practicing lawyers often use forms when drafting standard legal documents.  Legal forms can be found on the Internet, on subscription databases and in print.  […]