[citation needed] The ILI is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has regional centers in Kampala, Uganda,[6][7] Abuja, Nigeria,[8] Cairo, Egypt,[9] 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.

[12] Beginning in the early 1970s—under the leadership of a new director, Professor Don Wallace Jr., of Georgetown[18] - the ILI expanded its focus to include professional training in the legal, economic, and financial problems of developing countries.

This direction was heightened in the early 1990s when the institute's work expanded to include the problems facing nations formerly part of the Soviet Union as they began to make the transition to market economies and the rule of law[citation needed].

The Digest traces its history back to an 1877 treatise[25] by John Lambert Cadwalader, which was followed by multi-volume encyclopedias by Francis Wharton (1886), John Bassett Moore[26] (1906), Green Hackworth[27] (1940–1943) and Marjorie Whiteman[28](1963–1971), and an annual Digest beginning in 1973 under the editorship of Arthur Rovine and later Marion Nash Leich, which concluded with cumulative volumes for 1981–1988.

Participants are introduced to the U.S. legal methods and process, central U.S. judicial doctrines and the basic research skills needed in the study of the U.S. law and for communicating with the U.S. colleagues and clients.

[36] Don Wallace Jr. (Chairman) Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center Stuart Kerr (Board President) Former Counsel, Jones Day Former Legal & Regulatory Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation Spencer S. Griffith (Co-Vice Chairman) Partner - Akin Gump, LLP Former Managing Partner of Akin Gump's Beijing Office Umit Herguner Founding Partner - Herguner Bilgen Ozeke Attorney Partnership, Istanbul Former President of the Turkish Corporate Governance Association Formerly Special Counsel, Reid & Priest, New York Former Asst.