Commonwealth Lawyers Association

Commonwealth Lawyers Association
Abbreviation	CLA
Formation	1986
Type	Non-governmental non-profit
Headquarters	88 Kingsway, London WC2B6AA , United Kingdom
Website	commonwealthlawyers.com

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) is an organization of lawyers, law societies and bar associations across the Commonwealth of Nations.

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. Retrieved 2015-08-11.

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