Commonwealth Lawyers Association
Non-profit organization
| Abbreviation | CLA |
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| Formation | 1986 |
| Type | Non-governmental non-profit |
| Headquarters | Canterbury, CT1 United Kingdom |
| Website | commonwealthlawyers |
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) is an organisation of lawyers, law societies and bar associations across the Commonwealth of Nations.
The association hosts a conference in a member nation of the commonwealth biennially.
History
The CLA began as the Commonwealth & Empire Law Conference, first held in London in 1955. The Commonwealth Legal Bureau was subsequently established in 1968. The first Commonwealth Law Conference was held in Scotland in 1977. At the Commonwealth Law Conference held in Hong Kong in 1983 it was agreed that the CLB should be replaced by the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association (CLA) and a Constitution was subsequently adopted in Jamaica in 1986.[1]
References
- ^ "The Commonwealth Lawyers' Association (CLA)". Commonwealthlawyers.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
External links
- Commonwealth Lawyers Association
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Commonwealth of Nations topics
- British Empire
- Key documents
- Timeline
- Head of the Commonwealth (Charles III)
- Secretariat
- Secretary-General (Patricia Scotland)
- Deputy Secretaries-General
- Marlborough House
- Commonwealth Youth Programme
- Membership criteria
- Special membership
- Suspension
- Commonwealth realm
- Commonwealth republic
- High Commissioner
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