The legal system is today one of the fundamental element of institutional infrastructure to the extent that inadequacies in the legal system constraints the effectiveness of democratic institutions.

IDLO recognises that in the thorough reform of the legal system, the priority is to adopt a holistic approach to legal and institutional reform that is focused on the creation or expansion of institutions and the technical skills needed to operate them.

In doing this IDLO focus is to:

• Develop the law drafting capacity of governments and legal information systems;
• Improve the capacity and quality of law schools and lawyer licensing procedures;
• Strengthen public understanding of the cross cutting role of law in modern governance;

Goal: To strengthen legislation, institutions and achieve legal predictability.

For more information about IDLO’s Legal and Judicial Reform & Administration of Justice program, contact: reform@idlo.int