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The council was established in 1852 by the Inns of Court and originally consisted of eight members led by Richard Bethell, with two members coming from each Inn. [1] The Council supervised the education of students at the Inns of Court, and initially established five professorships.
There was call during the nineteenth century for the education of barristers to be unified and thus the Council of Legal Education was formed, and the ICSL founded. Since 2001, the ICSL has been part of City, University of London. The Council of Legal Education (CLE) was established by Resolutions of the Inns of Court in 1852.
Legal education in the United Kingdom is divided between the common law system of England and Wales and Northern Ireland, and that of Scotland, which uses a hybrid of common law and civil law. The Universities of Dundee , Glasgow and Strathclyde , [ 1 ] in Scotland, are the only universities in the UK to offer a dual-qualifying degree.
The Council of Legal Education, established by the Inns of Court in 1852, had the same problem. [2] This in turn led to the rise of specialist tutorial firms which legal historian Patricia Leighton has termed "the first professional law teachers." [3] The firms were largely established and run by practicing attorneys in London.
Legal education in England is the practice of teaching and learning English Law, whether to become a practicing lawyer or as an academic pursuit. Legal education has undergone significant changes over the last two thousand years, transforming from an exclusively apprenticeship-based process to one split across secondary education, the university, and the profession. [1]
The Council of Legal Education and the Board of Examiners jointly regulate entry to the Legal Profession. The role of the Council is to determine the requirements for admission, to approve law courses and practical legal training providers, and to assess the qualifications of overseas practitioners.
The coat of arms of the Law Society. Headquarters of the Law Society on Chancery Lane, London. The London Law Institution, the predecessor to the Law Society, was founded in 1823 when many London Solicitors came together to raise the reputation of the profession by setting standards and ensuring good practice.
Roy G. Spece, Jr., John D. Lyons Professor of Law at the University of Arizona, spoke on Separation of Powers and on The Role of Legal Education in Modern Society. [19] Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, High Commissioner of Jamaica to the United Kingdom, received the 2014 International Jurists Award for her contributions to Alternative Dispute Resolution.