The International Association of Law Schools (IALS) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 with a membership comprised of educational institutions, associations, and legal educators from throughout the world. Its members are committed to the proposition that the quality of legal education in any society is improved when students learn about other cultures and legal systems, as well as incorporating diverse approaches to solving legal problems employed within respective legal systems.

The idea for an international association of law schools emerged from several meetings of legal educators from around the world who recognized the growing inter-relationship of norms from transnational legal systems. The first such meeting was held in Florence, Italy in the year 2000, and consisted of 50 invited legal educators from twenty-seven countries. This meeting led to additional meetings of international legal educators, and during the May 2004 meeting in Hawaii, 130 legal educators from forty-seven different countries unanimously adopted a resolution to form the International Association of Law Schools. In May 2005 a select group of legal educators from fourteen different countries, representing all types of the world’s legal systems, gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, and agreed to the terms of a charter for the International Association of Law Schools. In October 2005, the IALS was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia in the United States of America.

As a member of the IALS, you can use our website to reach a wide group of legal educators and institutions around the world.

• Pay Dues and Registrations Online
• Apply for the Scholars Awards
• Register and Obtain information for meetings and conferences
• Post and review positions in law schools around the world on the Job Board
• Advertise your own conference
• Connect to IALS member schools, board members