Recent News

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 […]
28May

Clarissa Wong: What difference can lawyers make in tackling the climate emergency?

In this article, we are delighted to share the winning entry from our law undergraduate essay competition 2022-2023, written by competition winner, Clarissa Wern Ting Wong, 1st year undergraduate at the London School of Economics. Clarissa’s essay shares her thoughts on the key issues and the opportunities for climate-conscious lawyers to boost the rule of […]
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 […]
31Mar

Law undergraduate essay competition announcement

We are delighted to announce the winner of our law undergraduate essay competition 2022-2023! The response to the competition was excellent with submissions from law undergraduates at universities from across England, Wales and Scotland, and one from Brazil. We thank all entrants for taking part and for engaging with the question: ‘What difference can lawyers […]