Kimathi and Partners donates books to the UG School of Law

A law firm, Kimathi and Partners, has donated books to the University of Ghana School of Law Library.

The donation was part of a $10,000 book grant promised by the Law Firm five years ago.

The grant is spread across five years, with the library receiving $2,000 grant in books for each of the past three years.

This year's grant covered 19 books mainly on Cybersecurity Law, Standards and Regulations, Law and the Internet, Oxford Handbook of The Law of the Sea, and The International Law of the Sea.

A lawyer at the firm, Akua Pinamang Addae, who made the presentation on behalf of the firm, said the main benefactor, Kimathi Kuenyehia, decided to give the book grant way back in 2019 as a way of giving back to society.

Mr Kuenyehia, he said, was once a student himself and knew that students required all the necessary skills and knowledge that would help them in the pursuit of their academic careers and the ambition of becoming exceptional lawyers.

“So he decided that he would give a book grant to the library to enrich the library with quality materials so that students will have some of these materials that they would need available or handy so that when they come to the library, they would be able to access these books, which will overall help them become exceptional lawyers,” Ms Addae said.

She said “this whole donation is not just a financial commitment, but rather a reflection of Mr Kuenyehia’s deep belief in education, and also the importance of equipping students with the necessary skills and knowledge that they need in pursuit of their career as lawyers”.

Ms Addae said it was important to support and enrich the law library to foster a culture of knowledge and excellence.

Collection

The acting University Librarian, Samuel Bentil Aggrey, who received the books, lauded the firm for honouring its promise since 2019 to donate books to the library every year.

He said the donation would be of great benefit to the school, and described the partnership as a unique one since the partner was conscious and well-informed and did not bring in just anything at all but the exact books the library needed.

“This donation will improve the legal knowledge of the students because these are both current and old books, so it’s a blend with you learning from the past to the future which will enable you to know both past and current trends once the students get these materials in addition to what we have here already,” Mr Aggrey said.

He said the books were mainly in two areas, namely IT Law and Law of the Sea, “which has special areas within the law discipline so it is like filling a gap and it will be an add-on to whatever we have now.”

Law Students Union

The President of the Law Students Union of the University of Ghana, Spencer Addo, expressed gratitude to Kimathi and partners saying the books were a remarkable addition to the Ghana School of Library, and it was promoting the cause of legal education as a whole, as it would not only promote legal studies at the University of Ghana but also benefit the general public and practising lawyers.

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