The ILI-South African Centre For Excellence (ILI-SACE) is an affiliate of ILI. Its educational vision and mission are to empower lawyers and business executives to become new leaders in Africa. ILI-SACE provides advanced training programs with a particular focus on law, finance and compliance. It also offers technical assistance and advise that enables public officials to create and enforce existing laws and regulations through advanced skills and knowledge of new initiatives and best practices.
Learn more about ILI-SACE at: https://ili-sace.org/
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The American Bar Association (ABA), founded in 1878, and now one of the largest professional associations in the world (410,000 members) comprised of lawyers, law students and legal professionals globally. The ABA’s most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, the formulation of model ethical codes related to the legal profession, advancing the continued legal education of lawyers and interested parties (Continuing Legal Education (ABA-CLE)) and to aid in the dissemination of legal texts through he promotion of publishing.
The ABA mission is “To serve equally our members, our profession and the public by defending liberty and delivering justice as the national representative of the legal profession.” The goals and objectives are: Goal 1: Serve our members. (Objective: Provide benefits, programs and services which promote members’ professional growth and quality of life.) Goal 2: Improve our profession. (Objectives: 1) Promote the highest quality legal education; 2) Promote competence, ethical conduct and professionalism; 3) Promote pro bono and public service by the legal profession.) Goal 3: Eliminate bias and enhance diversity. (Objectives: 1) Promote full and equal participation in the association, our profession, and the justice system by all persons; 2) Eliminate bias in the legal profession and the justice system.) Goal 4: Advance the rule of law. (Objectives: 1) Increase public understanding of and respect for the rule of law, the legal process, and the role of the legal profession at home and throughout the world; 2) Hold governments accountable under law; 3) Work for just laws, including human rights, and a fair legal process; 4) Assure meaningful access to justice for all persons; and 5) Preserve the independence of the legal profession and the judiciar
APEC is the premier Asia-Pacific economic forum. Our primary goal is to support sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.
We are united in our drive to build a dynamic and harmonious Asia-Pacific community by championing free and open trade and investment, promoting and accelerating regional economic integration, encouraging economic and technical cooperation, enhancing human security, and facilitating a favorable and sustainable business environment. Our initiatives turn policy goals into concrete results and agreements into tangible benefits. APEC concentrates on such areas as: Trade and Investment Liberalisation; Business Facilitation; Economic and Technical Cooperation.
ELSA is the world’s largest independent law students’ association. It comprises a membership close to 30,000 students and recent graduates who are interested in law and have demonstrated commitment to international issues. ELSA operates primarily through its local groups, which are located at nearly 200 universities throughout 41 countries in Europe.
ELSA is an international, independent, non-political, non-profit-making organisation run by and for students. It is comprised of students and recent graduates who are interested in academic and personal excellence in addition to their studies at their universities. ELSA offers law students a perfect platform to develop their existing skills, acquire new skills and meet fellow students and legal professionals throughout Europe.
The Washington Foreign Law Society, founded in 1952, promotes knowledge and understanding of international legal matters, comparative legal issues, and foreign law. As a center for international activity — diplomatic, financial, commercial and academic – Washington, D.C. is served by a legal community that daily interacts with the laws and legal actors of foreign countries as well as those of the United States. The Society is in a unique position to disseminate information about foreign laws and to promote scholarship on international and comparative law. Its members have opportunity to interact directly with leading experts in the field.