GB 1697 A.ACLEC - Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct

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GB 1697 A.ACLEC

Title

Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct

Date(s)

  • 1991-1999 (Creation)

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9 boxes

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Biographical history

The Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (ACLEC) was established in 1991 under the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. The Committee had the general duty of assisting in the maintenance and development of standards in the education, training and conduct of those offering legal services. In the field of legal education and training, its brief was as follows:

  1. to keep under review the education and training of those who offer to provide legal services.
    1. to consider the need for continuing education and training for such persons and the form it should take.
    2. to consider the steps which professional and other bodies should take to ensure that their members benefit from such continuing education and training.

ACLEC was abolished by Statutory Instrument 1999 No.3296. Its functions were taken over by a new Legal Services Consultative Panel within the Lord Chancellor's Department.

Archival history

GB 1697 A.ACLEC 1991-1999 Sub-fonds of Records of Legal Education Archives 9 boxes Lord Chancellor's Department , Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct

The Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (ACLEC) was established in 1991 under the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. The Committee had the general duty of assisting in the maintenance and development of standards in the education, training and conduct of those offering legal services. In the field of legal education and training, its brief was as follows:

  1. to keep under review the education and training of those who offer to provide legal services.
    1. to consider the need for continuing education and training for such persons and the form it should take.
    2. to consider the steps which professional and other bodies should take to ensure that their members benefit from such continuing education and training.

ACLEC was abolished by Statutory Instrument 1999 No.3296. Its functions were taken over by a new Legal Services Consultative Panel within the Lord Chancellor's Department.

In 1999 a set of press cuttings relating to ACLEC's activities was offered by the ACLEC Secretary to Avrom Sherr, Woolf Professor of Legal Education at IALS. Professor Sherr passed them to the Records of Legal Education Archives in 2000.

Press cuttings of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (ACLEC), 1991, 1993-1999 (missing 1992), referring to items of interest to, and relating to, ACLEC in areas such as legal education and training, conduct, complaints, equal opportunities, legal aid and overseas issues.

No further accruals are expected.

The cuttings are arranged chronologically; within each chronological grouping (approximately one month) they are further arranged into subject headings, with a descriptive note at the front of each group of cuttings. Each group has been allocated a number; some groups are missing. These are all for 1992 and nos 9-12 for 1999.

Open

Refer to individual items for newspaper references; copyright resides with the relevant publication. Copyright in the summary lists at the front of each monthly collection belongs to the Lord Chancellor's Department.
English

Detailed list available at the IALS.

A second set of press cuttings has been sent to Warwick University.

The Committee was a statutory body whose records were transferred to the Public Record Office (PRO). They will be found under the following PRO class numbers: KP1 Registered files 1991-1999; KP2 Publications 1991-1999. The Committee also produced an annual report detailing its activities, and several other publications, most of which should be available in law libraries.

Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist IALS. 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. Apr 2001 Equal opportunity Legal education Legal profession Lord Chancellor's Department , Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct Newspaper press Press Press cuttings Social and economic rights Vocational education

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

In 1999 a set of press cuttings relating to ACLEC's activities was offered by the ACLEC Secretary to Avrom Sherr, Woolf Professor of Legal Education at IALS. Professor Sherr passed them to the Records of Legal Education Archives in 2000.

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Scope and content

Press cuttings of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (ACLEC), 1991, 1993-1999 (missing 1992), referring to items of interest to, and relating to, ACLEC in areas such as legal education and training, conduct, complaints, equal opportunities, legal aid and overseas issues.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

The cuttings are arranged chronologically; within each chronological grouping (approximately one month) they are further arranged into subject headings, with a descriptive note at the front of each group of cuttings. Each group has been allocated a number; some groups are missing. These are all for 1992 and nos 9-12 for 1999.

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Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Refer to individual items for newspaper references; copyright resides with the relevant publication. Copyright in the summary lists at the front of each monthly collection belongs to the Lord Chancellor's Department.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Detailed list available at the IALS.

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

A second set of press cuttings has been sent to Warwick University.

Related units of description

The Committee was a statutory body whose records were transferred to the Public Record Office (PRO). They will be found under the following PRO class numbers: KP1 Registered files 1991-1999; KP2 Publications 1991-1999. The Committee also produced an annual report detailing its activities, and several other publications, most of which should be available in law libraries.

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Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Rules and/or conventions used

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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  • English

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