Recent News

18Mar

Your chance to be a finalist and to join our 20th anniversary celebrations

With just over a month to go to the submission deadline, here is a quick reminder about the ILBF’s 2025 essay competition. The sponsor of the essay competition in this our 20th anniversary year is international firm Brown Rudnick.  The winner of the competition will spend a week with Brown Rudnick in London this summer, […]
14Mar

Essay competition: helpful resources

During our online panel event on 25th February, our expert panellists referred to a number of online resources that provide valuable data, insights and learning in relation to the rule of law. The list of resources is not exhaustive but the websites and documents do provide useful pointers for research. If you missed the panel […]
04Mar

Watch the recording of ‘The Rule of Law: what will it look like in 20 years’ time?’

If you missed our panel event on 25th February, or you want to refresh your memory of the discussion, you can watch the recording here. Kindly hosted by LexisNexis and moderated by James Harper, General Counsel of Global Nexis Solutions, the panel event brought together experts from across the legal profession to discuss the rule […]
27Feb

ILBF 2025 essay competition call to action: ‘Step up and be part of something bigger’

Yasmin Batliwala, Chief Executive of Advocates for International Development (A4ID), sets out in a short video why entering the ILBF’s essay competition and engaging with the question is not just good for your career but an opportunity to step out into and engage with the wider legal world. Yasmin is one of the competition’s final […]
07Feb

The Rule of Law: what will it look like in 20 years’ time?

Join our free online panel event on Tuesday, 25th February, 5.00-6.30pm to hear world renowned experts discuss the pressing topic of the rule of law and what the future holds. The online event is kindly hosted by LexisNexis. Our panel event brings together experts from across the legal profession to discuss the rule of law […]
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 […]