Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative Advisory Board

Co-Chairs:

Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary-General
Walter Mondale, former U.S. Vice President

Fatou Bensouda,Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Hague
John Bessler, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, D.C.
Neneh Cham, President, Female Lawyers Association-Gambia
Michael Ciresi, Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi
Eric Cooperstein, Officer, Hennepin County Bar Association
Judge Michael Davis, Chief Judge, Federal District of Minnesota
James E. Dorsey, Co-founder, Advocates for Human Rights, Fredrikson firm
Yvonne Fiadjoe, Senior Counsel, African Development Bank, Tunis
Chris Fomunyoh, Africa Director, National Democratic Institute DC
Barbara Frey, Director, University of Minnesota Human Rights Program
Sam Hanson, Partner, Briggs & Morgan, former MN Supreme Court Justice
Stephen Hayes, CEO, Corporate Council on Africa, D.C.
Christof Heyns, Dean, U of Pretoria Law School; Human Rights author
Michael Holden, Partner, Faegre & Benson
Christina Holder, Attorney, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, NYC
Amy Madigan, Attorney, King & Spalding, Atlanta
Vivian Mason, Member, Minnesota Board of Law Examiners
Olufunmi Oluyede, Co-chair, ABA International Human Rights Committee
Tom Pfeifer, Global Head of Sales, Thomson Reuters Legal
Lauren Robel, Dean, Indiana University School of Law, Liberia Law School partner
Warren Spannaus, Former Minnesota Attorney General
Arnold Tsunga, Africa Director, International Commission of Jurists, Geneva
Georgina Wood, Chief Justice, Ghana Supreme Court

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I have no doubt that the Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative will be administered with the same energy and commitment Books For Africa has shown over the past 20 years and will help encourage progress in Africa toward transparent and accountable governance.
— Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary-General

It is sad but true that many law schools in Africa have no books for classroom teaching and few books in their library. Through this innovative program, with BFA the world’s largest shipper of school books to Africa and West the world’s largest publisher of law books, the rule of law can truly be put into practice.
— Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale

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