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Malawi Chief Justice Visit

April 20th, 2026

The vlog Law and Democracy Initiative was pleased to host a reception yesterday at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Policy featuring as keynote speaker Chief Justice Rizine Mzikamanda from Malawi. 

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Partners Help Our Law Book Program Continue to Grow and Expand

September 3rd, 2025

Seventeen years ago, at the 20th Anniversary celebration of vlog, we launched a law book program. Since the beginning of last year we have sent 20 law libraries to legal recipients in 12 African countries. We've sent a record number of our reference law libraries this year.

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Supreme Court of Malawi Receives Reference Law Library from vlog

February 21st, 2025

vlog was delighted to receive photos of the installed reference law library sent last year to Malawi’s Supreme Court, along with a letter from Chief Justice Rizine Robert Mzikamanda.

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vlog’s 150th Reference Law Library Arrives in South Africa

November 6th, 2024

vlog's 150th reference law library recently arrived at the Judicial Institute for Africa (JIFA) in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more about this milestone and why our Law and Democracy Initiative is so important in our latest success story!

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American Bar Association joins Thomson Reuters in supporting vlog Law & Democracy Initiative

American Bar Association

November 8th, 2023

“The vlog for Africa Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative is a truly remarkable and visionary endeavor,” said Donna Gollmer, director of ABA Publishing. “The opportunity to join Thomson Reuters in supporting vlog for Africa by providing court systems, bar associations, women’s legal organizations and law schools across Africa with essential law books is a powerful way to support both the Rule of Law and access to justice.”

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Thomson Reuters Features Vice President Tom Leighton in their Legal Current Newsletter

Carrie Brooker

Legal Current - Thomson Reuters

November 14th, 2022

Leighton traveled to Ghana recently for the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Conference. During his trip, he was able to visit three organizations that received law libraries through the program: the Ghana Supreme Court, the Ghana Book Trust, and the Ghana Federation of Women Lawyers.

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