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For a Howling Halloween

Happy Halloween from the Mendik Library! As a Halloween treat, here’s an easy opportunity to WIN research aids, study guides, texts, flash drives, cool study tools, and more.

Click here to access the Haunted Halloween Hunt.  Each slide includes one question (there are only 6) and easy, step-by-step instructions. Press enter to move on to each new question.  Click here to access an answer sheet or pick up a copy at the Reference Desk. Either submit your completed answer sheet at the Reference Desk or e-mail it to reference@nyls.edu by 5:00 PM on Thursday, October 31st. The drawing will take place outside the library entrance on October 31st at 5:45 PM. You need not be present to win, but an additional entry form will be added for each student who does attend!

Among the prizes winners will choose from are:

Acing Criminal Procedure
Black Letter Outlines: Administrative Law
Criminal Procedure: Quick Review
Federal Criminal Practice: A Second Circuit Handbook
Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir
Foundations of Labor and Employment Law
Foundations of Tort Law
Habeas Corpus in America: The Politics of Individual Rights
Leading Constitutional Cases on Criminal Justic
Mastering Statutory Interpretation
Plain English for Drafting Statutes and Rules
Principles of Business Organizations
Property: Examples and Explanations
Questions and Answers: Business Associations
Questions and Answers: Civil Procedure
Questions and Answers: Contracts
Questions and Answers: Criminal Law
Questions and Answers: Torts
Regulation of the Legal Profession
Understanding Constitutional Law
Understanding Islamic Law
Understanding Lawyers’ Ethics

More Online Resources

Mendik Library isn’t the only wealth of digital information. There’s even more available through NOVELNY, the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (a service of the New York State Library).  This resource provides over 5,600 databases that include: newspapers, journals, magazines and other periodicals; information on health and business; encyclopedias; and content for children. You can log in with your New York driver’s license or non-driver state ID. Just like Mendik, it’s YOUR library – check it out!

April Foolin’

Happy April Fool’s Day from the Mendik Library! As a springtime treat, here’s an easy opportunity to be entered into a drawing to WIN valuable study aids, texts and other prizes.

Click here to access the April Fool’s Day Info Hunt (works best with Internet Explorer).  Each slide includes one question (there are only 6) and easy, step-by-step instructions. Press Enter to reveal each step.  Click here to access an answer sheet, or pick up a copy at the Reference Desk.  Drop your completed answer sheet in the Raffle Drum at the Reference Desk or e-mail it to reference@nyls.edu by 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 4. The drawing will take place outside the library entrance on April 4 at 5:40 PM. You need not be present to win, but an additional entry form will be added for each student who does attend!

 

Among the titles the winners will choose from are:

Acing Criminal Procedure

Federal Criminal Practice: A Second Circuit Handbook

Foundations of Labor and Employment Law

Foundations of Tort Law

Leading Constitutional Cases on Criminal Justice

Legal Writing: Ethical and Professional Considerations

Plain English for Drafting Statutes and Rules

Property: Examples and Explanations

Questions & Answers: Business Associations

Questions & Answers: Civil Procedure

Questions & Answers: Contracts

Questions & Answers: Criminal Law

Questions & Answers: Criminal Procedure

Questions & Answers: Torts

Understanding Islamic Law

 

Questions from Cupid

An early Happy Valentine’s Day from the Mendik Library! As a Valentine’s treat, here’s an easy opportunity to be entered into a drawing to WIN great study aids, texts and other prizes.  And did we mention chocolate?

Click here to access the Valentine’s Day Info Hunt – Questions from Cupid (use Internet Explorer for best results).  Each slide includes one question (there are only 6) and easy, step-by-step instructions. Press enter to reveal each step.  Click  here to access an answer sheet or pick up a copy at the Reference Desk. Either submit your completed answer sheet at the Reference Desk or e-mail it to reference@nyls.edu by 5:00 PM on Thursday, February 14. The drawing will take place outside the library entrance on February 14 at 5:40 PM. You need not be present to win, but an additional entry form will be added for each student who does attend!

Among the titles the winners will choose from are:

Corbin on Contracts
Payment Systems (Examples & Explanations)
Secured Transactions (Examples & Explanations)
Acing Criminal Law Procedures
Civil Procedure Stories
Criminal Law Stories
Foundations of Tort Law
Leading Constitutional Cases on Criminal Justice
Understanding Islamic Law
Legal Writing: Ethical and Professional Considerations
Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
Basic Legal Research Workbook
Questions and Answers: Wills, Trusts, & Estates
Foundations of Labor and Employment Law
Plain English for Drafting Statutes and Rules
Federal Criminal Practice: A Second Circuit Handbook
Property (Examples & Explanations)

We Keep Charging Ahead!

Great news!  The Library now offers more options for charging your cell phone. You can charge your IPhone, Blackberry, LG, Motorola, Nokia or Samsung. If you need a charge, just stop by the Circulation Desk.  There’s no charge to charge; it’s free! Charging will be limited to 30 minutes if another student needs the charger.  Otherwise, you can fill ‘er up.

Happy Martin Luther King Day!

Martin Luther King Day has honored the civil rights activist’s January 15th birthday since 1983. The history of the holiday’s inception, and its less than immediate acceptance by all fifty states, is briefly summarized here. You can also view bibliographies of Dr. King’s legal legacy here and here.

Library Closed Monday

A quick reminder that the Mendik Library will be closed this coming Monday, January 21, in honor of Martin Luther King day.  We will resume regular spring semester hours on Tuesday January 22, opening at 8:00 a.m.  Remember that if you check out any reserve collection materials within two hours of closing (that would be after 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, when we close at 10:00 p.m.), they will not be due until Tuesday morning when we reopen.  Enjoy the long weekend!

Scholarships for PLI Programs

PLI (Practicing Law Institute), a premier provider of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) for practicing attorneys, is offering scholarships for live and archived programs. The programs offer:

  • practical insights into the practice areas of most major law firms
  • an idea how the best and brightest in the practice think and speak
  • advice on showing hiring partners that you are a proactive, inquisitive,
    self-directed learner
  • timely and thought-provoking topics to talk about in interviews

Topics include IP Enforcement and Litigation, Drafting and Negotiating Corporate Agreements, Advising Nonprofit Organizations, Taking and Defending Depositions and many more. For program details, click here. Also be sure to look at PLI’s On-Demand Learning programs, which can also be covered by scholarship. To apply for either, click here.

Need a Charge?

Need to charge your iPhone?  Stop by the Circulation Desk and plug in to our new charging station!  No charge to charge – it’s free!  Charging will be limited to 30 minutes if another student needs the charger.  Otherwise, you can fill ‘er up.

Sorry, but we’re not able to charge the new iPhone 5, BlackBerrys, or Android phones.