The International Judicial Conference [IJC] is a unique annual gathering that has brought together justices from constitutional, supreme, and supreme arbitration courts from around the world for discussions on key issues related to establishing an independent judiciary and strengthening the rule of law. The first IJC was held in 1993 in Strasbourg, when 40 justices from the high courts of Europe and the former Soviet Union came together, providing a forum to discuss efforts to strengthen the independence of their respective court systems. At the request of the participating justices, it developed into an annual conference that has been held in Strasbourg, Washington, Warsaw, Moscow, San Francisco, Budapest, Bucharest, Kyiv, Prague and Ann Arbor. more >>

" To live in a democracy there must be the rule of law, not the rule of man. For the rule of law to exist there must be an independent judiciary. To have an independent judiciary there must be independent, well-educated, appropriately-compensated justices. This year’s conference, consistent with the last conferences and all future conferences, will be dedicated to the promotion of these principles " (Frederick P. Furth, Esq.)