International Centre of Law & Business (ICLB)
Independent Higher Education from Jersey
The International Centre of Law & Business (ICLB) is an independent higher education centre based in Jersey, Channel Islands, focused on business, management and artificial intelligence. It is not connected with the International Criminal Law Bureau or any legal practice or criminal law body.
ICLB provides academically led online education for professionals, executives and lifelong learners, through structured programmes designed to connect academic knowledge with professional experience.
Introduction
Higher Education for a Changing Professional World
Professional careers rarely develop in straight lines.
Knowledge may be acquired through university study, professional practice, leadership, entrepreneurship, independent research and years of experience.
ICLB provides an academic environment in which these different forms of learning can meet.
Our programmes combine structured study, critical thinking, academic assessment and contemporary digital learning. Where appropriate, previous certified or experiential learning may also be considered within the academic framework of a programme.
The objective is not to make higher education easier.
It is to make it more relevant to experienced learners.
Educational Philosophy
Academic Learning. Professional Experience. Intellectual Development.
Higher education has traditionally been organised around what happens inside universities.
Yet professionals continue learning throughout their careers.
They solve complex problems, lead organisations, develop businesses, advise clients, manage teams, interpret evidence and make decisions in uncertain environments.
This experience can represent substantial learning.
ICLB brings professional knowledge into dialogue with academic study.
Students are expected to analyse, question, research and demonstrate what they know. Professional experience provides context; academic enquiry transforms that experience into structured knowledge.
AI-Guided Learning
Technology Supporting Education
Artificial intelligence is changing how knowledge is accessed, organised and explored.
ICLB uses contemporary technology to support students throughout their learning journey.
Digital and AI-supported tools can assist with orientation, explanation, formative learning and engagement with course materials.
Technology does not replace academic judgement.
Assessment requires students to demonstrate their own understanding, critical reasoning and ability to apply knowledge.
At ICLB, technology supports education. It does not substitute for it.
Read more about our institutional approach, academic method and recognition of prior learning.
Who we are
Independent higher education, from Jersey
ICLB is a small, independent centre for higher learning. We teach law, business and AI to working professionals across the world through self‑paced programmes designed and moderated by our own academics.
A different kind of institution
ICLB is an independent higher education centre. We design and deliver our programmes, assess our students, and stand behind the academic standards of the education we provide.
Rooted in Jersey
The Bailiwick of Jersey offers a stable common‑law jurisdiction, deep financial and legal expertise, and a regulatory culture that takes small institutions seriously. It is home for our academic community.
Academic leadership
Our Provost, Professor David Marrani, leads a faculty drawn from law, business and technology practice. Assessment outcomes that materially affect an award are subject to academic review and the applicable moderation process.
Technology supporting academic judgement
AI tutors help you learn faster and mark preliminary work at scale. Human moderators review every material result. The judgement that shapes your award is always academic, not algorithmic.
Institutional and award status
ICLB is an independent higher education centre based in Jersey. Certificate programmes are awarded by Advanced International Studies LLC, USA, in association with ICLB, Jersey. The E‑DBA is awarded directly by ICLB. Full details, including the status and recognition limits of each award, are published in the open.
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International Centre of Law and Business
The International Centre of Law and Business (ICLB) is an independent higher education centre based in Jersey, providing academically led online education for professionals, executives and lifelong learners. Certificate programmes are awarded by Advanced International Studies LLC, USA, in association with ICLB, Jersey.
Institutional & Award StatusLaw
Comparative law and global legal systems, addressing international regulation, digital governance, and technology-driven legal change.
Business
Business programmes for working professionals across management, strategy, analytics and applied AI.
APCL
Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning—formally assessed qualifications such as diplomas, degrees, or professional certifications credited toward a programme.
APEL
Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning—recognition of professional experience including leadership, project delivery, and specialised practice, demonstrated through critical reflection.
International Reach
Certificate programmes awarded by Advanced International Studies LLC, USA, in association with ICLB, Jersey.
Self-Paced Learning
AI-guided, self-taught programmes with structured chat-based instruction.
Prof. David Marrani
Provost & Professor of Law
Message from the Provost
Professor David Marrani
Professor David Marrani is the Provost and Professor of Law at the International Centre of Law and Business (ICLB). He also leads the Avant Garde Interdisciplinary Research Group and serves as series editor for Routledge Research in Constitutional Law.
As former Dean & Professor at the Institute of Law, Jersey—a registered centre for the University of London International Programme—Professor Marrani brings decades of experience in legal education, constitutional scholarship, and interdisciplinary research.
He previously held positions at the School of Law and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, and has published extensively on constitutional law, human rights, and the intersection of law with business and technology.
Under his leadership, ICLB's certificate programmes are awarded by Advanced International Studies LLC, USA, in association with ICLB, Jersey, offering AI-guided self-paced learning in both business and artificial intelligence disciplines.
Programmes
Doctoral & Certificate Programmes
From doctoral research to self-paced certificates — programmes are delivered by ICLB, with the awarding entity stated for each award.
Business
Artificial Intelligence
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