Recent News
25Mar
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
29Nov
Ambassadors for Good—making a difference in-house and beyond
Ambassadors for Good is a volunteering project that offers employees of Anglo American and De Beers Group the chance to use their skills to help communities worldwide. The ILBF has been delighted to collaborate with Ambassadors for Good on the Rule of Law Ambassadors project, bringing volunteers together to help deliver thousands of donated legal text […]