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Commonwealth Legal Education Association records

Catalogue reference: CLEA

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This record is about the Commonwealth Legal Education Association records dating from 1971-2001.

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Reference
CLEA
Title
Commonwealth Legal Education Association records
Date
1971-2001
Description

Secretary's correspondence and papers, 1971-1991: papers of Professor William L Twining as a CLEA officer, 1973-1994: papers of Professor James Read as CLEA Chairman, and other papers, 1974-1995: CLEA Newsletter, 1974-1995: CLEA Directory of Schools of Law in the Commonwealth, 1979-1988: miscellaneous CLEA publications and offprints, 1978-1992.

Arrangement

Arranged by papers of officers

Related material

None

Held by
London University: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Former department reference
A.CLEA
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Commonwealth Legal Education Association
Physical description
4 shelf metres
Dimensions
19 archive boxes
Access conditions

Open other than files marked confidential

Immediate source of acquisition
CLEA officers
Physical condition
Paper
Unpublished finding aids
https://prod.ials.sas.ac.uk/ials-library/archives/ials-archives-collections#clea-commonwealth-legal-education-association
Administrative / biographical background

The Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) was founded during the Fourth Commonwealth Law Conference in New Delhi in 1971. The idea was initiated by Indian lawyer Dr Laxmi Singhvi, CLEA's first chairman. The Association's objects were to foster high standards of legal education and research in Commonwealth countries: to build up contacts between interested individuals and organizations, and to disseminate information and literature concerning legal education and research

Publication note(s)
Catalogue last updated 2023
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c3c11057-0d9b-4ed4-954f-1941b0d0dc63/

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Commonwealth Legal Education Association records