IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1697 A.RLEA
Held at: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Title: RECORDS OF LEGAL EDUCATION ARCHIVES
Date(s): 1845-2000
Level of description: Collection (Fonds)
Extent: 176 boxes, 142 volumes, 69 folders
Name of creator(s): Records of Legal Education Archives
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Records of Legal Education Archives (RLEA) was established to provide a home for legal education records, for which there was no alternative place of custody. It was created as part of the Records of Legal Education Project, a research study undertaken in 1996, conducted with the support of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS). The RLEA consists of a collection of papers of individuals and organisations prominent in the field of legal education, and is held at IALS.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
The Records of Legal Education Archives, 1845-2000, consist of:-
A.ACLEC: Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct: press cuttings, 1991-1999.
A.ALT: Association of Law Teachers Archive, 1965-1997.
A.BARR: Barrow Inquiry Papers (papers of Ruth Deech, Principal, St Anne's College Oxford and a member of the Inquiry team, relating to the Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities at the Inns of Court School of Law, chaired by Dame Jocelyn Barrow, 1989-1994).
A.CHULS: Committee of Heads of University Law Schools Archive, 1974-2000.
A.CLE: Council of Legal Education Archive, 1845-1997.
A.CLEA: Commonwealth Legal Education Association Archive, 1971-1995.
A.CLRP: Commonwealth Legal Records Project Archive, 1984-1993.
A.LSRG: Legal Skills Research Group, 1987-1994.
A.MARSH: Dr Stan Marsh, law teacher, papers 1968-1995.
A.READ: Professor James S Read, law teacher, papers 1972-1983.
A.RLEP: Records of the Legal Education Project Archive, 1993-1998.
A.SALS: Society for Advanced Legal Studies papers, 1997-1999.
A.SCLE: Standing Conference on Legal Education Minutes, 1991-1994.
A.SLSA: Socio-Legal Studies Association, 1989-1996.
A.SPTL: Society of Public Teachers of Law Archive: 1908-1998.
A.TWIN: Professor William L Twining, law teacher, papers 1965-1994.
A.UKNCCL: United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law Archive, 1960-1989.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in sub-fonds as given in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Mainly open, but some restrictions are outlined at lower levels of description.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright declaration form to be completed.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue available at the IALS and on-line at http://ials.sas.ac.uk/archives/rlea.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Transfer of all records in the Archives to the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies was arranged by the Co-ordinator of the Records of Legal Education Project between 1996 and 1998. The records were then appraised, weeded and listed by the Co-ordinator (now the IALS Archivist).
Accruals:
The RLEA is still actively collecting records of legal education agencies.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Various. More detailed information available at lower levels of description.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Annabel Dodds for the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2000