The Institute
Welcome
to the Institute for U.S. Law. We are a non-profit
academic and research institute working to export the best
of the U.S. legal tradition and to promote the just
rule of law both at home and abroad. IUSLAW
aims to be a fortifying and stabilizing influence in the realm
of international relations and development, helping citizens
of all nations to share the Rule of Law values foundational
to any free society, and upon which the United States was built. We
are dedicated to the education and training of non-U.S.
lawyers,  judges,
professors and law students in most major aspects of U.S. Law
and the U.S. legal system. To
accomplish this, we work closely with a number of top law schools,
law firms, federal and state courts, and agencies and departments
of the U.S. government to offer a variety of intensive courses
for our visiting law professionals.
Our program participants become better equipped for leading positions in law firms, corporate legal offices, academia, the judiciary and government – at the international, national and local levels. Participants benefit not only from our distinguished faculty and guest lecturers, but also from the many professional and social activities which the Institute organizes in order to enhance each participant’s “Washington experience.”
Summer Programs
Of special interest is our annual “U.S. Legal Methods: Introduction to U.S. Law” summer program for non-U.S. lawyers and advanced law students. Each summer the Institute hosts foreign lawyers for four weeks in Washington to take part in this immersion program in U.S. law – both theoretical and practical, and with approximately 25 lecturers from the ranks of academia, the judiciary, major U.S. law firms and the government. The program is preceded by an optional 10-day intensive introductory program on U.S. Legal English and followed by a one-week seminar on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Programs in Law, Culture and Democracy
Our programs focusing on Law, Culture & Democracy look deep into the sources of law and rights to account more adequately for those aspects of the law which are frequently overlooked or taken for granted, all with a view to better understanding the proper context and confines within which the law operates, in turn facilitating adjudication between rights, liberties and duties often found to be in conflict.
Other Programs and Events
Besides the above mentioned programs, we also conduct a variety of other programs, in Washington, D.C. and overseas, as well as luncheons, workshops and other events.
We invite you to browse through our website, and contact us for more information regarding any of the Institute's programs and events.
Edward M. Andries
President and Executive Director
Institute for U.S. Law |
