The Institute for the Study and Development of Legal Systems (ISDLS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that conducts international legal reform and exchange projects in collaboration with foreign governments and legal professionals. ISDLS is comprised of approximately eighty leading legal professionals in the state of California, including federal and state judges, prosecutors and public defenders; private civil and criminal attorneys; city attorneys; court administrators; private and court-appointed mediators and arbitrators; law professors; directors of judicial education and performance centers and committees; directors of law enforcement oversight bodies; law enforcement officers and trainers; journalists and others.