It was constituted as a joint venture between several leading law schools from around the world, each contributing faculty and students to the center.

The Center also has several affiliate institutions, including Bucerius Law School.

[3] The CTLS facilities are located in London at Bush House, North West Wing, Aldwych, on King's College London's Strand Campus.

The Center's curriculum was developed by an Academic Council of faculty from all of the founding law schools[4] and all courses address topics in transnational or comparative law, legal theory or legal practice.

[9] Academics from the CTLS have also offered public lectures on international legal topics,[10] and in addition to the Center's main academic term program, offers administrative support for the Georgetown Law summer program in London.