IJC
International Jurisdictions Council
Instruments
Reference Instruments
Four instruments.
One institutional system.
IJC does not operate through services or advisory outputs. It operates through institutional instruments — each with a distinct purpose, each connected to the others.
"Services respond to demand. Instruments anticipate it. IJC exists at the point before demand becomes consequential — where orientation, intelligence, and deliberation can still change the outcome."
Instrument 01 — GLRI
Global Legal Readiness Index™
The institutional reference on how law actually operates in practice across 80 jurisdictions. Enforcement timelines. Regulatory behaviour. Cross-border friction. Dispute reality. As observed on the ground — not as described in statute or theory.
Surface intelligence is free — no registration required
Full jurisdiction profiles available to Assembly Fellows and subscribers
Four dimensions: Enforcement · Regulatory · Friction · Dispute
Built from on-ground intelligence contributed by Constituent Designated Law Practices
First edition 2026 · 80 target jurisdictions
Free
Surface access · No registration · Full access via Fellowship
Explore the Index →
Instrument 02 — EOD
Executive Orientation Desk
Confidential cross-border legal orientation for senior decision-makers — before the decision is made and before the cost of being wrong becomes real. One direct conversation with counsel who carries genuine on-ground experience in your jurisdiction.
One-to-one confidential session — no record kept, no referral created
Matched by IJC to counsel with on-ground experience in your jurisdiction
Not legal advice — institutional intelligence for decision-stage orientation
Available to any senior decision-maker — GC, board, investor, founder
Assembly Fellows access at reduced rate of USD 750 per session
USD 1,000
From · Per engagement · Fellow rate: USD 750
Request Orientation →
Instrument 03 — Assembly
Assembly of Global General Counsel
A permanent deliberative body for senior in-house legal leaders carrying cross-border legal responsibility. Closed. Non-commercial. Convenes in person once per year — inaugural session Barcelona, 14–15 August 2026. No public outputs. No advocacy.
Annual in-person convening — rotates globally. Inaugural: Barcelona, August 2026
Quarterly jurisdictional intelligence briefings from GLRI and designated practices
EOD access at Fellow rate — USD 750 per session
Named GLRI subscriber · Fellow peer network · Founding Fellow distinction
For General Counsel, CLOs, and senior in-house legal leaders only
USD 1,995
Annual fellowship · Billed on acceptance · 30 founding Fellows
Apply for Fellowship →
Instrument 04 — Designation
Constituent Designated Law Practice
The sole IJC-designated law practice for a specific practice domain in a specific jurisdiction. Selected by IJC — not applied for. Contributing on-ground intelligence to the Global Legal Readiness Index™. Reviewed annually. One position. One standard.
One designation per practice domain per jurisdiction — no exceptions
Listed on the IJC Global Jurisdiction Map — visible to GCs and investors globally
GLRI contributor — attributed in footnotes where intelligence is substantively used
Access to Assembly of Global General Counsel sessions
IJC initiates. Practices may submit a Request for Consideration.
USD 7,500
Annual contribution · Per domain · Founding group open now
Designation Framework →
Who uses each instrument
The right instrument for your situation.
Different people arrive at IJC with different needs. The instruments are not interchangeable. Here is how to identify which is relevant to you.
General Counsel & In-House Legal Leaders
You carry cross-border legal responsibility. You make decisions before the full picture is clear. You need a peer forum without commercial pressure and a way to access jurisdiction-specific intelligence when a specific matter requires it.
→ Assembly Fellowship — the deliberative forum
→ GLRI — jurisdiction intelligence
→ EOD — before a specific active decision
Boards, Investors & Senior Executives
You commit capital or set direction in jurisdictions where the legal and regulatory reality is material to the outcome. You need early-stage orientation before exposure hardens — not a law firm pitch, not a research report.
→ GLRI — understand the jurisdiction before committing
→ EOD — confidential orientation for a specific decision
Law Practices with Execution-Ground Depth
You carry on-ground execution reality in your jurisdiction. You know how the court system actually behaves, how the regulator actually enforces, and what foreign parties consistently misunderstand. IJC holds your position formally.
→ Designation — the institutional recognition
→ GLRI contribution — your intelligence attributed
→ Assembly access — the GC deliberative forum
The system
How the instruments connect.
Remove any one instrument and the others are weaker. This is not four separate products — it is one institutional system designed to preserve cross-border legal clarity from the ground up.
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Designated Practices
Contribute observed on-ground intelligence from real matters in real jurisdictions. This is the raw material of everything else.
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02
GLRI
IJC reviews, synthesises and publishes the intelligence as a scored, written jurisdictional reference. Assembly Fellows add the demand-side perspective.
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EOD
The GLRI intelligence is applied to a specific active matter through a confidential one-to-one orientation session before the decision is made.
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Assembly
Fellows deliberate on cross-border legal reality, feeding back into the GLRI trajectory assessments and deepening the institutional intelligence over time.