Archive for the ‘Volunteers’ Category

23Jan

Supporting Ukraine

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 […]
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 […]
03Jan

2023 in review

In 2023 we shipped 600 boxes of books to 19 organisations in 12 countries – that’s about 5,500 books. We worked with law students, lawyers, in-house legal teams, publishers and law librarians to sort and pack valuable legal textbooks. University of Surrey law students Jodie-Lee Boyle and Elaf Hamid made a considerable impact as shipping […]
12Apr

Bolivia: Attorney General’s office

The ILBF’s first ever shipment to Bolivia succeeded because of an exceptional collaboration with multiple partners. Sea freight is generally more economical and arguably less carbon emitting than air freight, but it is not without its challenges, especially when the ultimate destination is land-locked like Bolivia. The ILBF was delighted to receive an application for […]
12May

Nottingham University JLAP introduce their law library

The students at the University of Nottingham JLAP group made a film about their law library and what it means to them. In the film, they also interview Tony Simmonds, Senior Research Librarian.   The law students, led by Belinda Ke Lim, made the film for the recent training event for law librarians in Sierra Leone, […]
16Mar

Students supporting the ILBF at the University of Law Guildford

A group of four students at the Guildford campus of the University of Law (ULaw) are offering their support by collecting student textbooks for the University of Ghana and raising money for shipping costs. In addition to creating a fundraising page, they are in the process of planning a cake sale in April. The ILBF […]