International Law Institute
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The International Law Institute also known as the ILI, was founded as part of Georgetown University
in 1955. The ILI provides training and technical assistance to help find practical solutions to the legal, economic and financial problems of developing countries. The ILI has trained over 15,000 officials, managers, and practitioners- from more than 185 countries- since it held its first seminar in 1971. Since 1983, ILI has been an independent, non-profit educational institution serving government officials, legal and business professionals and scholars from its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
ILI is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
, and has regional centers in Kampala, Uganda, Abuja, Nigeria, Cairo, Egypt, and Santiago, Chile
. ILI's training and technical assistance programs are conducted by adjunct faculty and advisors, professionals of all nationalities from government, academia, multilateral organizations, and the private sector.
A sister institute, the Insitut für Auslandisches und Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht, was founded at the same time at Johannes Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany; it continues its work today. Professor Heinrich Kronstein, the Institute's first director, fled Germany in the 1930s and spent more than a decade studying and teaching at the law schools of Columbia University
and Georgetown University
. Following World War II
he returned to Germany
to work for the reconstruction of legal education. Professor Kronstein believed that closer ties between European and American legal systems would facilitate business and trade. The Institute's early years were marked by scholarly work and academic exchanges.
Beginning in the early 1970s - under the leadership of a new director, Professor Don Wallace, Jr., of Georgetown - the ILI expanded its focus to include professional training in the legal, economic, and financial problems of developing countries. An early collaborator in this work was Professor Robert Hellawell of Columbia University Law School.
The earliest courses offered were Foreign Investment Negotiation and International Procurement
. Since then the curriculum has evolved to reflect, and promote, the centrality of the private sector and an enabling role on the part of the public sector in promoting the conditions for economic growth. This direction was heightened in the early 1990s when the Institute's work expanded to include the problems facing nations formerly part of the Soviet Union as they began to make the transition to market economies and the rule of law.
Today the International Law Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organization. It continues to work closely with Georgetown University
, as well as with numerous corporations, international organizations, and governments.
. The Digest is available both in print and on the State Department's website. The posting on the web is the Department of State's Office of the Legal Adviser and the International Law Institute's attempt to make the historical record of U.S. practice of international law accessible.
The Digest traces its history back to an 1877 treatise by John Lambert Cadwalader
, which was followed by multi-volume encyclopedias by Francis Wharton
(1886), John Bassett Moore
(1906), Green Hackworth
(1940–1943) and Marjorie Whiteman(1963–1971), and an annual Digest beginning in 1973 under the editorship of Arthur Rovine and later Marion Nash Leich, which concluded with cumulative volumes for 1981--[1988]. Although publication was temporarily suspended after 1988, the office resumed publication in 2000 and has since produced volumes covering 1989 through 2008. A cumulative index covering 1989-2006 was published in 2007, and an updated edition of that index, covering 1989-2008 will be published in 2010.
In addition, the ILI publishes books on international and transnational commercial law, trade, litigation, commercial dispute resolution, and foreign legal systems. Recent and ongoing ILI publications include Introduction to Legal English, by Mark Wojcik, now in its third edition, designed to introduce legal English to law students and lawyers whose first language is not English; and International Judicial Assistance, by Bruno A. Ristau and Michael Abbell, a seven-volume work designed as a practical guide for attorneys engaged in transnational litigation.
, investment
, and governance
. These topics include procurement
, privatization
, arbitration
and mediation
, negotiating and implementing trade agreements, The World Trade Organization(WTO) rights and obligations, project management
, legislative drafting, judicial administration, corporate governance
, bank restructuring, and borrowing & debt management.
In addition, for foreign lawyers and law students preparing for graduate legal(L.L.M) study in the U.S, and others whose jobs require an understanding of the U.S. legal system
, the ILI runs the longest continually running U.S. legal orientation program. Two courses are offered- introduction to Legal English
and Legal Writing
and Orientation to the U.S. Legal System. Participants are introduced to the U.S. legal methods and process, central U.S. judicial doctrines and the basic research skills needed in the study of the U.S. law and for communicating with the U.S. colleagues and clients.
in many areas, including among others, specific negotiations, problems, and special assignments, such as drafting of agreements, legal education
(Russia), focused studies, revision of regulations, contract standardization, legislative drafting, procurement, and project management. Some projects on which ILI has worked are Central Banking Reform (China), Judicial Reform
(Commonwealth of Independent States), Transportation Infrastructure to Support Trade (Ukraine), Administrative Law
Reform (Ukraine), WTO Judicial Training (China), Procurement
Reform (Honduras).
Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Charles O. Verrill, Jr., Esq.(President)
Partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Board of Visitors
Duke University Law School
Werner Kronstein, Esq.(Vice-Chairman)
Former Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Timothy L. Dickinson
Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Adjunct Professor University of Michigan Law School
Robert E. Herzstein, Esq.
Former Undersecretary of International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce
Kenneth A. Lazarus, Esq.
Former Associate Counsel to the President of the United States
Robert Shanks, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC
Moeen A. Qureshi
Chairman, Managing Partner & Co-Founder Emerging Markets Partnership
Former Vice President World Bank
Ambassador Hussein Hassouna
Chief Representative of the League of Arab States to the United States
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
in 1955. The ILI provides training and technical assistance to help find practical solutions to the legal, economic and financial problems of developing countries. The ILI has trained over 15,000 officials, managers, and practitioners- from more than 185 countries- since it held its first seminar in 1971. Since 1983, ILI has been an independent, non-profit educational institution serving government officials, legal and business professionals and scholars from its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
ILI is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, and has regional centers in Kampala, Uganda, Abuja, Nigeria, Cairo, Egypt, and Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
. ILI's training and technical assistance programs are conducted by adjunct faculty and advisors, professionals of all nationalities from government, academia, multilateral organizations, and the private sector.
Mission of The International Law Institute
"To raise levels of professional competence and capacity in all nations so that professionals everywhere may achieve practical solutions to common problems in ways that suit their nations’ own needs. ILI conducts research, provides practical training and education in Washington its regional campuses, and elsewhere; advises governments and private entities internationally; and publishes books and scholarly articles."History of the International Law Institute
The Institute was founded in 1955 at the Georgetown University Law CenterGeorgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...
A sister institute, the Insitut für Auslandisches und Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht, was founded at the same time at Johannes Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany; it continues its work today. Professor Heinrich Kronstein, the Institute's first director, fled Germany in the 1930s and spent more than a decade studying and teaching at the law schools of Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
. Following World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he returned to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
to work for the reconstruction of legal education. Professor Kronstein believed that closer ties between European and American legal systems would facilitate business and trade. The Institute's early years were marked by scholarly work and academic exchanges.
Beginning in the early 1970s - under the leadership of a new director, Professor Don Wallace, Jr., of Georgetown - the ILI expanded its focus to include professional training in the legal, economic, and financial problems of developing countries. An early collaborator in this work was Professor Robert Hellawell of Columbia University Law School.
The earliest courses offered were Foreign Investment Negotiation and International Procurement
Procurement
Procurement is the acquisition of goods or services. It is favourable that the goods/services are appropriate and that they are procured at the best possible cost to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location...
. Since then the curriculum has evolved to reflect, and promote, the centrality of the private sector and an enabling role on the part of the public sector in promoting the conditions for economic growth. This direction was heightened in the early 1990s when the Institute's work expanded to include the problems facing nations formerly part of the Soviet Union as they began to make the transition to market economies and the rule of law.
Today the International Law Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organization. It continues to work closely with Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
, as well as with numerous corporations, international organizations, and governments.
Publications
The International Law Institute publishes numerous publications. The most notable is The Digest of United States Practice in International Law, covering developments in U.S. International Law annually, published with the assistance of the US State Department and the Oxford University PressOxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
. The Digest is available both in print and on the State Department's website. The posting on the web is the Department of State's Office of the Legal Adviser and the International Law Institute's attempt to make the historical record of U.S. practice of international law accessible.
The Digest traces its history back to an 1877 treatise by John Lambert Cadwalader
John Lambert Cadwalader
-Life:John Lambert Cadwalader was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on November 17, 1836. His father was General Thomas McCall Cadwalader .On his paternal side, his grandfather was Lambert Cadwalader and his great-grandfather was Thomas Cadwalader .His mother was Maria Charlotte Gouverneur , who was...
, which was followed by multi-volume encyclopedias by Francis Wharton
Francis Wharton
Francis Wharton was an American legal writer and educationalist.He graduated at Yale in 1839, was admitted to the bar in 1843, became prominent in Pennsylvania politics as a Democrat, served as assistant attorney-general in 1845. In Philadelphia, he edited the North American and United States...
(1886), John Bassett Moore
John Bassett Moore
John Bassett Moore was an American authority on international law who was a member of the Hague Tribunal and the first US judge to serve on the Permanent Court of International Justice ....
(1906), Green Hackworth
Green Hackworth
Green Haywood Hackworth , a Kentucky native and graduate of the Valparaiso University School of Law, is perhaps best known as the first U.S. judge of the International Court of Justice....
(1940–1943) and Marjorie Whiteman(1963–1971), and an annual Digest beginning in 1973 under the editorship of Arthur Rovine and later Marion Nash Leich, which concluded with cumulative volumes for 1981--[1988]. Although publication was temporarily suspended after 1988, the office resumed publication in 2000 and has since produced volumes covering 1989 through 2008. A cumulative index covering 1989-2006 was published in 2007, and an updated edition of that index, covering 1989-2008 will be published in 2010.
In addition, the ILI publishes books on international and transnational commercial law, trade, litigation, commercial dispute resolution, and foreign legal systems. Recent and ongoing ILI publications include Introduction to Legal English, by Mark Wojcik, now in its third edition, designed to introduce legal English to law students and lawyers whose first language is not English; and International Judicial Assistance, by Bruno A. Ristau and Michael Abbell, a seven-volume work designed as a practical guide for attorneys engaged in transnational litigation.
Training Courses
The International Law Institute offers courses which cover topics relating to national and international businessInternational Business
International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary...
, investment
Investment
Investment has different meanings in finance and economics. Finance investment is putting money into something with the expectation of gain, that upon thorough analysis, has a high degree of security for the principal amount, as well as security of return, within an expected period of time...
, and governance
Governance
Governance is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists of either a separate process or part of management or leadership processes...
. These topics include procurement
Procurement
Procurement is the acquisition of goods or services. It is favourable that the goods/services are appropriate and that they are procured at the best possible cost to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location...
, privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
, arbitration
Arbitration
Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution , is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, where the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons , by whose decision they agree to be bound...
and mediation
Mediation
Mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution , a way of resolving disputes between two or more parties. A third party, the mediator, assists the parties to negotiate their own settlement...
, negotiating and implementing trade agreements, The World Trade Organization(WTO) rights and obligations, project management
Project management
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
, legislative drafting, judicial administration, corporate governance
Corporate governance
Corporate governance is a number of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions which have impact on the way a company is controlled...
, bank restructuring, and borrowing & debt management.
In addition, for foreign lawyers and law students preparing for graduate legal(L.L.M) study in the U.S, and others whose jobs require an understanding of the U.S. legal system
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
, the ILI runs the longest continually running U.S. legal orientation program. Two courses are offered- introduction to Legal English
Legal English
Legal English is the style of English used by lawyers and other legal professionals in the course of their work. It has particular relevance when applied to legal writing and the drafting of written material, including:...
and Legal Writing
Legal writing
Legal writing is a type of technical writing used by lawyers, judges, legislators, and others in law to express legal analysis and legal rights and duties.- Authority :...
and Orientation to the U.S. Legal System. Participants are introduced to the U.S. legal methods and process, central U.S. judicial doctrines and the basic research skills needed in the study of the U.S. law and for communicating with the U.S. colleagues and clients.
Technical Assistance
ILI serves as an advisor to governments and multilateral organizationsMultilateralism
Multilateralism is a term in international relations that refers to multiple countries working in concert on a given issue.International organizations, such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization are multilateral in nature...
in many areas, including among others, specific negotiations, problems, and special assignments, such as drafting of agreements, legal education
Legal education
Legal education is the education of individuals who intend to become legal professionals or those who simply intend to use their law degree to some end, either related to law or business...
(Russia), focused studies, revision of regulations, contract standardization, legislative drafting, procurement, and project management. Some projects on which ILI has worked are Central Banking Reform (China), Judicial Reform
Judicial Reform
Judicial reform is the complete or partial political reform of a country's judiciary. Judicial reform is often done as a part of wider reform of the countrys political system or a legal reform....
(Commonwealth of Independent States), Transportation Infrastructure to Support Trade (Ukraine), Administrative Law
Administrative law
Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda. Administrative law is considered a branch of public law...
Reform (Ukraine), WTO Judicial Training (China), Procurement
Procurement
Procurement is the acquisition of goods or services. It is favourable that the goods/services are appropriate and that they are procured at the best possible cost to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location...
Reform (Honduras).
Center for Public Procurement Law and Policy
The International Law Institute established the Center for Public Procurement Law and Policy to strengthen its program of legal training and technical expertise to developing and transition countries in public procurement law and policy.International Trade Law Center
The ILI has established an International Trade Law Center to assist countries in participating effectively in the WTO and the markets it creates. The Center provides advice to national governments on establishing the legal and administrative structures necessary to comply with their obligations under the WTO agreements, as well as advice on issues relating to dispute resolution. The Center provides training to participants in government, in business, and in professional practice with respect to the WTO rules, procedures, and practices.Alternative Dispute Resolution Center
The Center is chiefly a teaching institution. It offers the following arbitration and mediation seminars at ILI's Washington headquarters: "Arbitration and Mediation", "Advanced Arbitration and Mediation" and "Arbitration for Judges". Recently, the Center has created a new seminar on "Oil & Gas Contracts and Dispute Resolution" The seminars cover the legal structures that underlie arbitration and mediation, as well as an opportunity for participants to take part in mock arbitrations and mediations. The Center has developed special programs for judges, to assist them in their critical tasks of overseeing and supporting ADR regimes in their countries.Private Investment in Infrastructure Center (PII Center)
The Private Investment in Infrastructure Center (PII Center) of the International Law Institute provides training and technical assistance related to the policy, financial and legal aspects of private participation in the provision of infrastructure.Board of Directors
Professor Don Wallace, Jr. (Chairman)Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Charles O. Verrill, Jr., Esq.(President)
Partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Board of Visitors
Duke University Law School
Werner Kronstein, Esq.(Vice-Chairman)
Former Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Timothy L. Dickinson
Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Adjunct Professor University of Michigan Law School
Robert E. Herzstein, Esq.
International Trade Administration
The International Trade Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of nonagricultural U.S...
Former Undersecretary of International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce
Kenneth A. Lazarus, Esq.
Former Associate Counsel to the President of the United States
Robert Shanks, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC
Moeen A. Qureshi
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi, usually referred to as Moeen Qureshi, is a Pakistani economist and political figure. A former Vice President of the World Bank, he was the Interim Prime Minister of Pakistan from July 18, 1993 until 19 October, 1993....
Chairman, Managing Partner & Co-Founder Emerging Markets Partnership
Former Vice President World Bank
Ambassador Hussein Hassouna
Chief Representative of the League of Arab States to the United States