Our Mission
The mission of the American Society of International Law is to foster
the study of international law and to promote the establishment
and maintenance of international relations on the basis of law and
justice.
Our Organization
ASIL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization
founded in 1906 and chartered by Congress in 1950. ASIL holds Category
II Consultative Status to the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations and is a constituent society of the American Council
of Learned Societies. The Society is headquartered at Tillar House
in Washington, D.C.
Our Members
The Society’s 4,000 members from nearly 100 nations include
attorneys, academics, corporate counsel, judges, representatives
of governments and nongovernmental organizations, international
civil servants, students and others interested in international
law.
Our Programs
Through our meetings, publications, information services and outreach
programs, ASIL advances international law scholarship and education
for international law professionals as well as for broader policy-making
audiences and the public.
Our History
ASIL was established in 1906. While our educational mission remains
as central today as it was then, our programs have adapted to dramatic
changes in international law, as both an expansive topic and an
evolving professional discipline. The Society celebrated its Centennial in 2006 under the theme, “A Just World Under Law.”
