Recent News

19Sep

Competition 2023-2024: sponsorship announcement

The ILBF is delighted to announce that the 2023-2024 law undergraduate essay competition is sponsored by international law firm McDermott Will & Emery. The 2023-2024 essay competition is a fantastic opportunity for law undergraduates in the UK to win an internship with McDermott. The firm is committed to providing opportunities to the next generation of […]
14Sep

Grand summary: ILBF law undergraduate essay competition 2022-2023

In March 2023, we announced the winner of our law undergraduate essay competition 2022-2023. The response to the competition was excellent, with submissions from students across the country. We thank all entrants for participating and engaging with the question: ‘What difference can lawyers make in tackling the climate emergency?’  The depth of the research, insights […]
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 […]
31Jul

The ILBF welcomes your vacation donations!

As the Trinity term draws to a close, law students begin to enjoy their vacations and colleagues across the legal profession enter the summer period, it is a perfect time to take stock of your law library bookshelves. By donating your spare legal texts to the ILBF, you can share essential legal knowledge and connect […]
25Jul

Proud to support the work of Justice Defenders

Books from the ILBF reach organisations across the world. They are used by judges, lawyers, law students and lecturers, pro bono practitioners and drafters of laws. It is hard to quantify the absolute number of beneficiaries. There are the users of the libraries themselves: lawyers, judges, law students, lecturers, teachers, government ministers, advisers at NGOs, […]
18Jul

Nurisabela Amira Shah: What difference can lawyers make in tackling the climate emergency?

In this article, we are delighted to share the runner up entry from our law undergraduate essay competition 2022-2023, written by Nurisabela Amira Shah, law undergraduate at the London School of Economics. Nurisabela’s essay shares her thoughts on the potential for the law to provide significant long-term solutions to the urgent concern of climate change, discussing focus […]