International Law Institute
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| Motto | Fostering Prosperity Through the Rule of Law |
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| Established | 1955 |
| Focus | International Development, Capacity Building, Technical Assistance |
| Chairman | Professor Don Wallace, Jr. |
| Key people |
Kim Phan -Executive Director Robert Sargin - Deputy Director Chief Financial Officer Director of China Program |
| Location | Georgetown, Washington D.C., United States |
| Address | 1055 Thomas Jefferson St. NW Suite M-100 |
| Website | http://ili.org/ |
Kim Phan -Executive Director Robert Sargin - Deputy Director Chief Financial Officer
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 and emerging economies. Since 1983, the 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. To date, the ILI and its global affiliates have trained over 31,000 officials, managers, and practitioners- from 186 countries- since it held its first seminar in 1971.
The ILI is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has regional centers in Kampala, Uganda,Abuja, Nigeria,Cairo, Egypt,Santiago, Chile, and Istanbul, Turkey. The 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. 2
"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. The 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."
The Institute was founded in 1955 at the Georgetown University Law Center A sister institute, the Insitut für Ausländisches 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.
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