Mandela’s Law library is a comprehensive online law library licensed by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority to provide legal information which comprises mainly international laws, principal legislation, subsidiary, Samples, Case laws, Notes and other related documents.
The library is open to legal professionals including judges, Magistrates, State Attorneys, Advocates, Law Students and public at a large. Indeed it provides legal materials required for the purpose of research, reviews, private study as well as for use in courts and tribunals
STAFF
Advocate Mandela Mziray
Chief Lawlibrarian-Founder of the Mandela’s Lawlibrary
Lecturer in Law-Mwenge Catholic University-Moshi
Advocate of High court of Tanzania and Courts Subordinate thereto
Member of Tanganyika Law Society- Kilimanjaro Chapter
Academic and Professional Qualification
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (PGDL) at Law School of Tanzania
Bachelor of Laws ( LLB) at Ruaha University Iringa Tanzania
Email: mandelamziray@gmail.com
Email: mandelamziray@gmail.com
Vision and Mission
Vision: To become a leading library for accessing legal knowledge
Mission: Law library promotes and support legal resources, acting as a gate way offering research assistance in Tanzania and Worldwide
Guiding Principles
(a) Law library is not a profit making basis. Any fee charged for this service is intended to cover costs incurred by the law librarian in providing the service
(b) Law library introduce cost sharing for improving services without affecting service delivery in terms of quality and extent of such service
Sections of the Library
The Law library has the following sections, namely
Library Membership
- Judges
- Magistrates
- State Attorneys
- Advocates
- Law Students
Procedure for Registration
- Create an account
- Create Payment Number
- Download Bill
- Make payments
- Login to the member area
Law library Functions
- Managing law library operations, including monitoring budgets and allocating, organizing and disseminating legal resources.
- Conducting in-depth research across a wide range of focuses including practice-specific areas of law, notes, reports and research and maintains databases on all the research carried out.
- Conducting periodic reviews of new and existing electronic resources with an eye toward improved service and research efficiencies.
- Promoting library services and resources to other departments, students, vendors, and the public.
- Coordinating technical services and troubleshooting technical issues.
- Performing various cataloging procedures for law library resources
- To keep up to date with legal news
- To read legal opinions by judges to make sure you are up to speed with changes in legislation or case law
- Providing the opinion to the qualified practitioners responsible for the case
- To prepare research schedules, so work runs smoothly and deadlines are made clear
- To analyze material to ascertain its truth worthiness
- To foster production relationship and maintain contacts for future use.
“Disclaimer: These documents provided without any warranty, express or implied, as to its’ legal effect and competence. Take notice that any information provided herein is for learning only and does not constitute legal advice. Law library information contained herein has been formulated with all due care, it shall not in any circumstances shall not create any legal obligation on the librarian. Independent professional advice should be sought where appropriate for further clarification. In no circumstances will Law librarian be liable or responsible for any damages or losses whatsoever, including without limitation, special, indirect or consequential arising out of or related to the reference, use or reliance of the information provided herein, whether by action, in contract or tort or otherwise howsoever.”