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- 1987-1994 (Creation)
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The Legal Skills Research Group (LSRG) was formed in 1989 as a collective enterprise by some of the country's leading researchers into the skills needed for the study and practice of the law. The Group intended that it should act as a resource for professional legal and judicial bodies, users of legal services and institutions providing legal education at all levels, by: doing original research on legal skills; monitoring and evaluating current and completed research in the field; developing and evaluating curricula for the teaching of legal skills and providing information and consultancy services. The Group was housed at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) from 1989-1997 and funded by the Higher Education Funding Council. It comprises teachers from law schools throughout the country. It has held annual symposia and regular lunchtime seminars, commencing in July 1990, on various subjects. Most symposia papers have been published in IALS working papers. Subjects have included teaching of ethics, incompetence at the Bar, teaching alternative dispute resolution and evaluation of the Bar Vocational Course. The Group has also undertaken various special research projects, including a 5 year study commencing in 1989 to develop a general methodology for assessing legal skills. Later projects included developing methods for applying the theoretical findings of year 1 of the legal skills project and the development of training videos.
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In 1995 Professor Terence Daintith, Convenor of the LSRG, 1989-1994, passed the papers to Juliet Fussell, the Group's Secretary.
GB 1697 A.LSRG 1987-1994 Sub-fonds of Records of Legal Education Archives 3 boxes Legal Skills Research Group
The Legal Skills Research Group (LSRG) was formed in 1989 as a collective enterprise by some of the country's leading researchers into the skills needed for the study and practice of the law. The Group intended that it should act as a resource for professional legal and judicial bodies, users of legal services and institutions providing legal education at all levels, by: doing original research on legal skills; monitoring and evaluating current and completed research in the field; developing and evaluating curricula for the teaching of legal skills and providing information and consultancy services. The Group was housed at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) from 1989-1997 and funded by the Higher Education Funding Council. It comprises teachers from law schools throughout the country. It has held annual symposia and regular lunchtime seminars, commencing in July 1990, on various subjects. Most symposia papers have been published in IALS working papers. Subjects have included teaching of ethics, incompetence at the Bar, teaching alternative dispute resolution and evaluation of the Bar Vocational Course. The Group has also undertaken various special research projects, including a 5 year study commencing in 1989 to develop a general methodology for assessing legal skills. Later projects included developing methods for applying the theoretical findings of year 1 of the legal skills project and the development of training videos.
In 1995 Professor Terence Daintith, Convenor of the LSRG, 1989-1994, passed the papers to Juliet Fussell, the Group's Secretary.
Passed to the Records of Legal Education Archives in 1996, by Juliet Fussell, the Group's Secretary.
The papers of the Legal Skills Research Group are the LSRG files of Professor Terence Daintith, Convenor of the LSRG from 1989 to 1994, and Director of IALS. The records consist of agenda, minutes and papers of the Group, 1989-1994; papers relating to funding, 1988-1994; administrative records, 1989-1993; Convenor's correspondence, 1988-1994; documents and papers relating to legal skills, 1987-1994.
The records were appraised and listed by the Co-ordinator of the Records of Legal Education project between 1996 and 1998.
Further accruals are expected.
Arranged in series as in Scope and Content.
To be determined: requests for access should be referred to the Group's Secretary for approval.
Copyright declaration form to be completed.
English
Detailed catalogue available at the IALS and on-line at http://ials.sas.ac.uk/archives/lsrg.htm
Compiled by Annabel Dodds for the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2000 Associations Daintith , Terence Charles , b 1942 , Professor of Law Legal education Legal profession Legal Skills Research Group Organizations Professional associations Vocational education
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Passed to the Records of Legal Education Archives in 1996, by Juliet Fussell, the Group's Secretary.
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Scope and content
The papers of the Legal Skills Research Group are the LSRG files of Professor Terence Daintith, Convenor of the LSRG from 1989 to 1994, and Director of IALS. The records consist of agenda, minutes and papers of the Group, 1989-1994; papers relating to funding, 1988-1994; administrative records, 1989-1993; Convenor's correspondence, 1988-1994; documents and papers relating to legal skills, 1987-1994.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
The records were appraised and listed by the Co-ordinator of the Records of Legal Education project between 1996 and 1998.
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Further accruals are expected.
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Arranged in series as in Scope and Content.
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To be determined: requests for access should be referred to the Group's Secretary for approval.
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Copyright declaration form to be completed.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Detailed catalogue available at the IALS and on-line at http://ials.sas.ac.uk/archives/lsrg.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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