Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA)
Address:
c/o Rule of Law Division Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House
Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HX UK
Telephone: (44) 20 7747 6415
Fax: (44) 20 7747 3649
Email: clea@commonwealth.int
Website: www.clea-web.com
Year established: 1971 Officers (2015):
President: David McQuoid-Mason (South Africa)
Vice Presidents:
Peter Slinn (UK)
Joe Silva (Sri Lanka) John Hatchard (UK)
Ros McDonald (Australia)
Secretaries-General:
Patricia McKellar (UK) Michael Bromby (UK)
Aims and objectives:
The object of the Association is to advance education by fostering and promoting high standards of legal education in all Commonwealth countries. It does this by:
• Encouraging the provision of the facilities required to achieve high standards of legal education and research
• Networking between individuals, institutions, organisations and associations interested in legal education and research
• Assisting existing organisations and fostering the establishment of such bodies in appropriate circumstances
• Promoting and conducting research in the field of legal education
• Maintaining registers and publishing directories • Facilitating the exchange of students and researchers in the field of law
• Facilitating exchange of legal materials among institutions concerned with legal education and research
• Organising specialised, regional and general conferences of law teachers and others concerned with legal education and research
Main activities:
Commonwealth Moot; Commonwealth Student Essay Competition; Latimer House Toolkit Project; Cybercrime Initiative; biennial conference, UK, 2015; Magna Carta Project; and Commonwealth Law Lecture series.
Recent publications:
Quarterly newsletter and the Journal of Commonwealth Legal Education.