Causes: Arts & Culture, Education, Fund Raising & Fund Distribution, Higher Education, International, International Cultural Exchange, International Exchange

Mission: CILS Benefactors Inc. has as its mission to solitation of contributions in order to make travel grants to American law students undertaking training overseas, to young academics from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics studying American law, to American lawyers undertaking pro bono teaching assignments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics, and to universities seeking support to send teams to the annual Foreign Direct Investment Disputes Moot program.

Target demographics: young lawyers, law students, and universities

Direct beneficiaries per year: 50+ universities, 70+ visiting professors, more than 50 young lawyers and law students

Geographic areas served: International legal education and training

Programs: LL. M. in Transnational Commercial Practice, FDI Arbitration Moot, visiting professorships, internships