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08May
Huge thanks to all the entrants to the ILBF’s law undergraduate essay competition 2025 for engaging with the question we posed and sending in your entries. The question we posed ‘What will be the challenges to the rule of law in the next 20 years?’ prompted a record response. We were delighted to receive essays […]
22Apr
Essay competition now closed
The ILBF’s 2025 law undergraduate essay competition is now closed. Thank you to all the students who have taken part – we are delighted to receive your essays and we are looking forward to hearing what the next generation of lawyers has to say on the challenges facing the rule of law in the next […]
15Apr
1 week to go!
Just one week to the deadline for our law undergraduate essay competition 2025! Looking for some words of inspiration and encouragement? Yasmin Batliwala MBE, Chief Executive of Advocates for International Development (A4ID) and one of our final round judges, gives her thoughts on why entering the essay competition is a challenge worth taking up and […]
18Mar
Your chance to be a finalist and to join our 20th anniversary celebrations
With just over a month to go to the submission deadline, here is a quick reminder about the ILBF’s 2025 essay competition. The sponsor of the essay competition in this our 20th anniversary year is international firm Brown Rudnick. The winner of the competition will spend a week with Brown Rudnick in London this summer, […]
23Jan
Over 700 law books have now arrived at the West Ukrainian National University in Ternopil. This is part of an important initiative by the European Law Institute led by Fryderyk Zoll, Professor at Jagiellonian University and Osnabrück University to contribute to a new European Law Library at the West Ukrainian National University. The purpose of […]
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07Sep
Q&A with Clarissa Wong: Winner of the ILBF law undergraduate essay competition 2022-23
In this article, we catch up with the winner of our law undergraduate essay competition 2022-2023, Clarissa Wern Ting Wong, to discuss her experience and her thoughts on our topic: ‘What difference can lawyers make in tackling the climate emergency?’ Can you tell us a bit about yourself and the roots of your interest in […]