CEELI works with local partners to improve efficiency and fairness in Georgia's judicial system. In 2004–05, CEELI sponsored expert roundtables and a U.S. study tour that helped shape structural reforms to the judicial system. Since June 2005, CEELI has provided ongoing technical and financial assistance to the High Council of Justice in organizing judicial qualification exams. CEELI is spon­sor­ing an advocacy campaign by the Judges of Georgia Association to combat judicial corruption and to strengthen judicial independence, and it is cooperating with the Ministry of Justice to improve Georgia's enforcement of judgments system.

CEELI's legal education reform initiatives are closely linked with Georgia's broader education reform efforts. In 2005, CEELI assessed the legal education system and began working with a par­liamentary working group to draft a legal educa­tion law. CEELI is also collaborating with the Georgian Law Students' Association (GLSA) on a street law project to increase secondary schools students' awareness of human rights, the law, and democratic government and on GLSA's national moot court competition for law students and recent law graduates.

CEELI played a leading role in organizing Georgia's first bar examinations in 2003 and in 2004 and the Inaugural Assembly of the Georgian Bar Association in early 2005. CEELI trains defense lawyers on pre-trial case prepara­tion and trial skills and is working with local experts to develop a code of ethics

Building on the findings of its assessment of Georgia's compliance with the UN CEDAW Treaty, CEELI sup­ports the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association's advocacy campaign on domestic violence legislation. CEELI also supports the Center for the Protection of Constitutional Rights' free legal assistance to socially vulnerable women in the areas of labor rights, domestic violence, and family law.

CEELI has provided technical assistance in out­reach, organizational restructuring, and training to the Inspector General Offices in Georgia's Ministries of Justice and Education. CEELI is assisting the National Security Council in devel­oping a national anti-corruption strategy and in drafting a unified Inspector General Law.

CEELI has contributed technical assistance to the Georgian government to bring the Criminal Procedure Code in line with international standards, and it has trained prosecutors on ethics and human rights. CEELI has also trained Ministry of Interior staff on investigating human trafficking.