Below are the library hours for the Intersession Period and the 2025 Spring Semester beginning Friday December 20, 2024 through Friday March 7, 2025. The library will be closed on Monday January 20, 2025, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Intersession: Friday December 20, 2024 through Sunday January 12, 2025
Spring Semester: Monday January 13, 2025 through Friday March 7, 2025
Welcome back! We hope you had a restful, enjoyable, and productive Thanksgiving break. 😊
We’re excited to share some good news with you: The Mendik Library has a brand-new group study room for your use—L204! (Excuse what we hope will be just temporary furniture.) Whether you’re working on a group project or prepping for finals, we hope this new space becomes another one of your go-to spots. Just a quick reminder: this room follows the same guidelines as our other study rooms.
As always, if you have any questions, suggestions, or need support, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re here for you, and we’re rooting for your success!
Happy studying! Looking forward to seeing you in L204!
-Mendik Library
Below are the library hours for Make-Up, Reading Days & the Exam Study Period. 
The library will be closed on Thursday November 28 and reopen on Friday November 29 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please see the full schedule below.
Lexis is offering training sessions via Zoom that are open to all NYLS students.
To sign up:
Happy soon-to-be-Halloween from the Mendik Library!
As an early Halloween treat, here is your opportunity to WIN great study aids, law dictionaries, Starbucks gift cards, Westlaw fleece blankets, Lexis points, and much more! Just answer 6 out of 7 Haunted Halloween Info Hunt questions. Your answers don’t need to be perfect—just close!
Click here to access the questions. Each slide includes just one question, along with step-by-step instructions that will get you to the answer. If you answer the questions online, your entry will automatically be entered in the drawing. You can also print a copy of the questions here or pick one up at the Reference Desk. Answer the questions on the print copy and drop it in the Reference Desk Raffle Drum by 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, October 31, and then join us outside the library at 5:45 p.m. for some sweet treats and the drawing of the winners.
September 17th marks the birth of the United States government. Constitution and Citizenship Day commemorates the 1787 signing of the new Constitution by thirty-nine of the Philadelphia Convention’s delegates.
Don’t forget to visit the Reference Desk at the Mendik Library to get a free pocket-size constitution (while supplies last!).
September 11, 2024 marks the twenty-third anniversary of “9/11,” the horrific terrorist attacks on America that took nearly 3,000 lives.
New York Law School sits just blocks away from what became known as ground zero, the site of the former World Trade Center’s “twin towers,” which collapsed after being struck by two hijacked jetliners.
In the weeks immediately following the attack, NYLS students, staff, and faculty—eyewitnesses all—were asked to put their thoughts about what they had experienced that day on paper. These essays and reflections were compiled and published as Eight Blocks Away: Memoirs of September 11, 2001.
A PDF of Eight Blocks Away is available on the NYLS Digital Commons. You may access it for free here.
If you are a First Year Student who has participated in the 2024 Legally Clueless Info Hunt, please join us on Tuesday September 3 at 5:45 p.m. outside of the Mendik Library where we will be drawing the names of 15 winners. There will be many prizes to choose from and more! Thank you for your participation and we hope to see you there!
In observance of Labor Day, the Library will be closed on Monday September 2, and will reopen on Tuesday September 3 at 8:00 a.m.