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14Jan

Why enter the ILBF’s 2025 essay competition?

Hear from the 2024 winner of the ILBF’s law undergraduate essay competition, Lauren Davis, about why stepping out of your comfort zone and entering the 2025 competition is a great way to boost your legal career. Entries for the 2025 competition are now open and the deadline is 22nd April. Watch Lauren’s film here. Lauren’s […]

Posted by Barbora Kozusnikova in 20 Anniversary, Competition, Films

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19Dec

2024 in review

2024 has been a very busy year! We have shipped 595 boxes of books to 21 organisations in 15 countries and on four continents. Throughout the year we have had fantastic support from our partners, as well as law firms, barristers’ chambers, in-house lawyers, the courts, law students, legal publishers and law librarians. Huge thanks […]

Posted by Barbora Kozusnikova in 20 Anniversary, Awards, Donations, Recipients, Shipping News, Trustees, Volunteers

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26Nov

ILBF law undergraduate essay competition launch on 6th January 2025

We are delighted and honoured to announce that the ILBF law undergraduate essay competition 2025 will be launched on 6th January 2025 at 4pm by The Rt. Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales. You will be able to watch the launch of the competition via a link […]

Posted by Barbora Kozusnikova in 20 Anniversary, Competition

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28Oct

Law undergraduate essay competition 2025: sponsorship announcement

The ILBF is delighted to announce that the 2025 law undergraduate essay competition is sponsored by international law firm Brown Rudnick. The 2025 essay competition is a fantastic opportunity for law undergraduates in the UK to win an internship with Brown Rudnick. The firm has a long history of driving a collaborative, forward thinking culture […]

Posted by Barbora Kozusnikova in Competition, Partners

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06Sep

Runner up essay by Omar Elmousa from the University of Leicester

The ILBF law undergraduate essay competition 2023-2024 attracted many well-argued and thoughtful essays from law students at 17 universities in the UK. The question we posed was ‘Should the right to protest be unfettered?’ Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Lord Carnwath CVO and Fiona Rutherford, Chief Executive of JUSTICE, judged the final round to choose the […]

Posted by Barbora Kozusnikova in Competition

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06Sep

Should the right to protest be unfettered?—Omar Elmousa

Exploring the notion of an unfettered right to protest in the United Kingdom unveils a complex interplay between democratic ideals and practical governance. This essay delves into the theoretical underpinnings of such a right, examining its implications for freedom of expression and assembly, and scrutinizing the balance required between individual liberties and societal needs. What […]

Posted by Barbora Kozusnikova in Competition

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