May 5th, 2017
Fredrikson & Byron Law Firm in Minneapolis recently hosted an event benefiting Books For Africa's Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative. The event featured remarks from John Bessler, who discussed the book he recently edited –Justice Stephen Breyer’s Against the Death Penalty. Proceeds of the book, which he later signed for participants, will be donated to Books for Africa’s Law and Democracy Initiative.
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February 25th, 2016
November 16th, 2014
Legal Current details a recent textbook donation from Sweet & Maxwell, as well as Thomson Reuters' long-standing support of the Law & Democracy Initiative.
September 11th, 2014
Minnesota Lawyer reports on the book release of "The Birth of American Law" by John Bessler, held in benefit of the Books For Africa Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative.
July 17th, 2012
In the past year, BFA sent 205 containers of books to 22 different African nations. That means that more than 2.2 million books (worth more than $28 million) were shipped to people who are hungry to read and hungry to learn. That is more books than we have ever sent in a one year period! Among those books, fourteen law libraries were sent to law schools and legal groups in Africa through our special Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative.
April 30th, 2012
The Ghana School of Law (GSL) , located in Accra, Ghana, is one of the top law institutions in Africa. More than 5,000 lawyers have graduated from GSL since it first opened its doors. However, budget and resource constraints have hindered institutional development until recently.