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Council of Legal Education Archive
Catalogue reference: CLE
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This record is about the Council of Legal Education Archive dating from 1852-1997.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CLE
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Title (The name of the record)
- Council of Legal Education Archive
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bar examinations records; minutes; accounts
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged in series denoting function
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The CLE's surviving student records, dating from the 1930s, are at the time of writing in the custody of the General Council of the Bar.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- None
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Council of Legal Education
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 24 shelf metres
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 57 archive boxes, 111 volumes, 69 folders
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open after 30 years. Records containing personal data are closed for 75 years
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- CLE
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Paper
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- https://prod.ials.sas.ac.uk/ials-library/archives/ials-archives-collections#cle-council-of-legal-education
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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the Council of Legal Education (CLE) was established by Resolutions of the Inns of Court in 1852, following the recommendation that year of a Legal Education Committee of the Four Inns. The CLE, consisting of eight members under the Chairmanship of Richard Bethell Q.C. (later Lord Westbury), was entrusted with the power and duty of superintending the education and examination of students who had been admitted to the Inns and was to consist of an equal number of Benchers appointed by each of the Inns. Five Readerships or Professorships were set up, to each deliver three courses of lectures per year. Students were required to attend a certain number of lectures and to pass public examinations. The examinations were held thrice yearly, in Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity terms. The CLE was given the power to grant dispensations to students unable to attend all required lectures.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Catalogue last updated January 2023
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ff5a34f9-6556-43af-8597-e1ad368958ea/
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This record is held at London University: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
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Council of Legal Education Archive