The mission of the CEELI Institute is to advance the rule of law in the world in order to protect fundamental rights and individual liberties; promote transparent, incorruptible, accountable institutions; lay the foundation for economic opportunity and growth; and encourage peaceful resolution of disputes.
The theory of change
We reach exceptional individuals through professional training and networks of expertise so that they have the tools and professional support to advance the rule of law at home.
How we do it
The CEELI Story
1990 — The Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI)
2000 — Establishment of the CEELI Institute
2007 — Dedication of the Villa Grébovka
2011 — First Conference of the Chief Justices of Central and Eastern Europe
2012 — Launch of CEELI's Central and Eastern European Judicial Network
2012 — CEELI's First Advanced Anticorruption Course
2012-2018 — CEELI Trains Tunisian Judges
2013 — Support to Myanmar Lawyers
2015 — CEELI's Fellowship Program
2017 — Expanding our Work to India
2017 — New Anti-Corruption Curricula
2017 — EU Judicial Training Series
2020 — Launch of CEELI Online
2021 — Launch of the African Judicial Exchange Network
2022 — Emergency Support to Ukraine
2023 — Anti-Corruption Support to Ukraine
Our Team
Director of Finance and Administration
Marta Werenycka
Senior Events Manager
Natálie Smutná
Events Coordinator
Anastasiia Hirzekorn
Events Coordinator
Anastasiia Krasnovyd
Director Of Programs
Marek Svoboda
Program Manager, Judicial Programs Africa
Monique Kamies
Program Manager, Judicial Programs Asia
María Ladrón de Guevara Lozano
Senior Program Advisor, Anti-Corruption
Halyna Senyk
Program Officer, Anti-Corruption
Marianne Bajgar Aalto
Program Officer
Mariia Kaplina
Program Officer, Judicial Programs
Arlind Puka
Residence Manager
Simona Trázníková
Assistant Residence Manager
Jindra Erbenová
Maintenance Assistant
Jiří Manda
Our Leadership
UK
Mark S. Ellis
Chair of the Management Board
Executive Director, the International Bar Association
USA
Maryann Clifford
Vice-Chair of the Management Board
Ethics Consultant, former Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, BP plc and Motorola
USA
Susan Ringler
Vice-Chair of the Management Board
CEELI Institute Vice-Chair; former Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, International Rescue Committee
USA
Scott P. Boylan
Partner, Stoneturn
Switzerland
Leanne Geale
EVP, General Counsel, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Nestle
USA
Susan Gouijnstook
Chief Solutions Officer, Jobs for the Future (JFF)
USA
Mira Gur-Arie
Director, International Judicial Relations, Federal Judicial Center
Czechia
Hon. Ivana Hrdličková
Former President, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
USA
Alexander Juden
Author, former Advisor, Schlumberger Ltd
USA
Homer E. Moyer, Jr.
Founder and Chair Emeritus of the CEELI Institute; Senior Counsel, Miller & Chevalier
USA
J. Larry Nichols
Chairman Emeritus, Devon Energy Corporation
USA
Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
USA
Timothy E. Powers
Senior Counsel, Haynes and Boone
USA
Laura Stein
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate and Legal Affairs, Mondelēz International
USA
Hon. John R. Tunheim
U.S. District Court for Minnesota
USA
William Meyer
Former Attorney, Hutchinson Black and Cook
Czechia
Jiřina Nováková
Former Vice-Mayor, Prague 9
Czechia
Martin Šolc
Partner, Kocián Šolc Balaštik; President, the International Bar Association
USA
Quinn O'Keefe
President
Founder of Climate for Justice
USA
John Mullen
Treasurer
Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates
USA
Jean-Michel Ferat
Senior Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Group
Canada
Jonathan Fried
Former Coordinator, Int. Economic Relations; Former Personal Representative of the Prime Minister for the G20, Canada
USA
Homer E. Moyer, Jr.
Founder and Chair Emeritus of the CEELI Institute; Senior Counsel, Miller & Chevalier
USA
Hon. John M. Walker Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit
USA
Ann Sultan
Vice Chair, International at Miller & Chevalier Chartered | Practice Co-Lead, Workplace Culture and ConducMiller & Chevalier
USA
Timothy L. Dickinson
Chair of the International Advisory Board
Senior Counsel, Paul Hastings LLP
UAE
Essam Al-Tamimi
Attorney, Al Tamimi and Company
USA
Elizabeth Andersen
Executive Director, World Justice Project
USA
Kate Atkinson
Member and Firm Chair, Miller & Chevalier
The Netherlands
Hon. Rosemary Barkett
Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
USA
Mary Boies
Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP
France
Nicola Bonucci
Partner, Investigations and Compliance, Paul Hastings
USA
Hon. David Campbell
U.S. District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Arizona
USA
Scott Carlson
Associate Executive Director for Global Programs, American Bar Association
Italy
Bruno Cova
Shareholder, European Co-Chair Restructuring & Insolvency and Compliance Groups, Greenberg Traurig
Israel
Eytan Epstein
Senior Partner, Firon & Company
USA
Hon. Thomas Griffith
U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Colombia Circuit
Strasbourg
Hon. Yonko Grosev
European Court of Human Rights
USA
Gerald Haddock
President and Founder, Haddock Investments
USA
Barbara Dillon Hillas
Legal & Business Consultant
UK
Baroness Helena Kennedy
Executive Director, International Bar Association Human Rights Institute
UAE
Ibtissem Lassoued
Partner and Head of Advisory in the Regional Financial Crime Practice, Al Tamimi & Company
Republic of Moldova
Christopher Lehmann
Chairperson, Prosecutor Vetting Commission
USA
Joel Martin
Former CEELI Institute Executive Director
USA
Mary Noel Pepys
International Rule of Law Attorney
Spain
Carmen Pombo
Director, Fundacion Fernando Pombo
The Netherlands
Hon. Kimberley Prost
International Criminal Court
USA
Robert Stein
Everett Fraser Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Poland
Roman Wieczorek
Former CEO, Skanska AB
We couldn’t do this without our supporters
The CEELI Institute is sincerely grateful to the many individual donors, corporations, foundations, and institutions without whom we could not fulfill our mission advancing the rule of law globally, which is now more important than ever.
Partners
VILLA GRÉBOVKA
Home to the CEELI Institute
The Villa Grébovka was built in the late 19th century as the summer home of Moritz Gröbe, an industrialist who made his fortune in mining and railroads. The CEELI Institute completed the Villa’s transformation into a conference and residential center in 2007.