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02Apr

The ILBF’s first 15 years – a wonderful journey

In 15 years the ILBF has achieved more than its founders imagined might be possible. The numbers are only part of the story but they are something to celebrate. Over 65,000 legal textbooks delivered to more than 190 organisations in 53 countries across six continents! From the very beginning, when Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd and […]

Posted by Holly Nankivell in 15 Anniversary

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25Mar

Lawyers and students join forces to support law school at Njala University

In January 2020, a shipment of law books was officially handed over to Njala University in Sierra Leone. This shipment was the product of an extensive collaboration between the ILBF and a number of contributors across the legal sector, including the UK Sierra Leone Pro Bono Network, Anglo American, De Beers Group, Shell, Clifford Chance, Nottingham University and the British and […]

Posted by Holly Nankivell in 15 Anniversary, Shipping News

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10Mar

ILBF and ROLE UK partner to send books to the MoJ Library in Niger State

The ILBF recently worked with ROLE UK to deliver 90 boxes of books to the Ministry of Justice in Niger State, Nigeria, which arrived in January 2020. ROLE UK supports sustainable partnerships between the UK legal sector and governments, lawyers, professional bodies and organisations in developing countries, to help strengthen the rule of law and […]

Posted by Holly Nankivell in Films, Recipients, Shipping News

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16Feb

Global collaboration delivers ILBF shipment to lawyers in the DRC

This shipment was the result of a truly global collaboration, with contributions across the legal sector playing a vital role to help secure essential legal texts and resources for the Central Kasaï Bar Association in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Nigel Roberts at LexisNexis US first connected Jacqueline Scott of the Union Internationale des […]

Posted by Holly Nankivell in Films, Recipients, Shipping News

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20Dec

Season’s greetings from the ILBF!

As we prepare for the short festive break, and look forward to the ILBF’s 15th anniversary next year, here is a message from our CEO Katrina Crossley to everyone involved in helping the ILBF to facilitate legal education, and to support the rule of law and access to justice around the world: ‘We are delighted to have […]

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12Dec

ILBF ships 400 books to Iraq

The ILBF has been working with the British Embassy in Iraq and the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council to arrange the shipment of legal textbooks from a number of donor organisations, to support legal education in Iraq, particularly for universities whose collections were destroyed by Da’esh. The first shipment arrived in November 2019. The ILBF is […]

Posted by Holly Nankivell in Donations, Recipients, Shipping News, Uncategorized

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