Who we are CILS Benefactors Inc. is a tax-exempt public charity established under section 501(c)3 of the United States Internal Revenue Code (EIN 26-3718473). Donations by United States taxpayers are tax deductible. CILS Benefactors Inc. is a non-profit Colorado corporation, and it is registered as a public charity in the State of Colorado (ID 20081569891). We have no paid staff. We pay no directors’ fees. We have no overhead. All that we collect goes to the programs we support. CILS Benefactors Inc. has been accorded Platinum Seal status by GuideStar. CILS Benefactors Inc. provides support to a wide variety of international programs organized by the Center for International Legal Studies, a non-profit entity based in Salzburg, Austria. This is what we fund: * Scholarships for the LL.M. in Transnational Commercial Practice degree * Short-term pro bono teaching assignments around the world * Student teams in the Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot * Internships throughout the world for law students.

LL.M. in Transational Commercial Practice T he Center for International Legal Studies coordinates the LL.M. in Transnational Commercial Practice, a degree program offered by Lazarski University in Warsaw, Poland, in cooperation with Lixin University of Finance and Accounting in Lixin, China, and Boston University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. CILS Benefactors Inc. provides 50 per cent LL.M. tuition scholarships to all qualified students who demonstrate need. Learn more

Visiting Professorships The Center for International Legal studies each year assigns 80 to 90 senior American lawyers to pro bono teaching posts at law schools throughout Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics and has begun making teaching assignments in Africa, the Far, East Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. More than 800 lawyers have taken up assignments, teaching at more than 50 universities throughout the world. Assignments are made through CILS Benefactors Inc. Learn more

Foreign Direct Investment Arbitration Moot More than 70 universities from across the world send teams to the annual investor-state moot arbitration competition. Donations are used to provide teams from developing countries lodging subsidies for the three days of oral hearings at each year’s primary venue (rotating among venues in Asia, Europe, and the United States). Regional competitions are held annually in Europe, the United States, and Asia. Learn more

Yorkill Foundation Scholarships A gift from The Yorkhill Foundation enables CILS Benefactors to fund two full-tuition scholarships, each with a value of US $13,860, for participation in the LL.M. in Transnational Commercial Practice program commencing in 2021. Applicants should submit a curriculum vita, accompanied by two letters of reference and a statement setting out why completion of the LL.M. will have value not only to the applicant but also the applicant’s legal community and the public at large. Deadline for receipt of application for a Yorkhill Foundation Scholarship is 15 December 2020. To apply: 1. Complete this application . 2. Provide curriculum vita. 3. Provide two letters of reference. 4. Include a statement setting out why completion of the LL.M. will have value not only to the applicant but also the applicant’s legal community and the public at large. 5. Submit application and supporting materials by post or email to CILS. Matzenkopfgasse 19, 5020 Salzburg, Austria, office@cils.org. Applications must be received no later than 15 December 2020.

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