Directory of Commonwealth Law Schools 2003-2004

John Hatchard

• Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
• Year: 2002
• ISBN:
  9781135336509
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Law

There are more than 400 Commonwealth law schools, all having an entry within the latest edition of The Directory of Commonwealth Law Schools. Each entry includes full contact details, courses offered, law journals published and research centres. This edition has been thoroughly revised, updated and expanded to take account of changes over the last two years.

This directory also contains full details of the activities of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association together with a section devoted to law in the Commonwealth. This includes copies of the major Commonwealth instruments and details of Commonwealth activities of particular interest to law teachers and practitioners, making it a valuable resource and reference work.

SECTION 1
ABOUT THE CLEA

ABOUT THE CLEA

The Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) fosters and promotes high standards of legal education in the Commonwealth. It was founded in December 1971 at a meeting in Maryborough House, London and has had its headquarters there ever since, courtesy of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division.

The CLEA is recognised as a Charity by the UK Charity Commissioners and receives funding from the Commonwealth Foundation as well as from other sources.

It is a Common wealth-wide body with regional Chapters in South Asia, Southern Africa, West Africa and the Caribbean together with several national Chapters and committees. The day to day running of the Association is in the hands of the General-Secretary.

Membership is open to individuals, schools of law and other institutions concerned with legal education and research. Full details of current membership rates and benefits of membership are found in Commonwealth Legal Education, the newsletter of the Association or can be obtained from the CLEA General-Secretary.

Applications for membership and other information may be addressed to Professor John Hatchard, General-Secretary, Commonwealth Legal Education Association, c/o Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX, UK (Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; email: [email protected]; website: www.ukcle.ac.uk/clea).

LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH: THE WAY AHEAD

The programmes of the CLEA

In 1994 in his inaugural address, the then President of the CLEA, Professor NR Madhava Menon, drew attention to the need to make legal education socially relevant and professionally useful—for law schools to prepare themselves for the demands of the profession in the context of the information revolution and other global challenges, and to support continuing legal education and distance learning programmes. He also drew attention to the need for a fresh look at law curricula and teaching methods.

In response to this, the CLEA General Meeting in Durban, South Africa, in 1995 approved the following themes as the basis for the development by the Association of a programme of action designed to achieve sustainable improvement in legal education throughout the Commonwealth.

Developing human resources

• Training of law teachers.
• Development of and support for research.

Developing non-human resources

• Improving library facilities, including establishing a minimum holdings list for Commonwealth law schools.
• Developing the use of electronically produced data.

Curriculum development

• Exchanging information and experiences of degree structures: eg, the modular debate; identification and development of new areas for the provision of courses relevant to Commonwealth countries such as law and development; commercial law; law and privatisation.
• Exchanging information and experiences on the development of courses incorporating a comparative law approach.
• Strengthening external and distance learning programmes.

Professional training

• Reviewing the role of the law school: eg, the development of integrated programmes.
• Strengthening links between law schools and vocational training institutions.
• Addressing the needs of vocational training institutions.

Strengthening links between Commonwealth law schools

• Facilitating exchange of faculty members.
• Facilitating research collaboration.
• Encouraging the exchange of information.

In consequence, a three-year plan of action (1997–99) was devised, which provided the basis for the activities of the Association. At the CLEA General Meeting in Adelaide in April 2000, members approved a new plan of action for the period 2000–03. The original five themes were retained and a sixth added:

Strengthening clinical legal education and law clinics in the Commonwealth

Current CLEA programmes

Publications and research

• Commonwealth Legal Education is published three times a year and contains news and views about law and legal education developments in the Commonwealth.
• Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education (biannually).
• Directory of Commonwealth Law Schools (published biennially).
• A variety of books on law and legal education in the Commonwealth.
• The Association’s website (www.ukcle.ac.uk/clea) provides access information on the CLEA and legal education in the Commonwealth as well as a wide range of Commonwealth legal materials, model curricula and some publications.

In 2001 Cavendish Publishing became the official publishers of the CLEA.

Conferences

The Association organises regular international and regional conferences and seminars. Recently, it has organised/co-sponsored conferences on topics such as law and development, human rights and just and honest government as well as on legal education. Venues have included Australia, Nigeria, Cayman Islands, the UK, Jamaica, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

Commonwealth Law Lecture series

This is a unique series that takes place on a Commonwealth-wide basis. Lectures are given by leading legal academics and judges. The collected lectures will be published in early 2003.

Curriculum development

The Association is committed to developing new curricula that reflect both the importance of Commonwealth jurisprudence and the need for law schools in the Commonwealth (and beyond) to equip their students to meet the demands of the 21st century lawyer:

• Human rights for the Commonwealth.
• Transnational crime/anti-terrorism law.
• Environmental justice (in preparation).
• Labour law (in preparation).

Strengthening law schools

• Providing training and materials for the teaching of a course on international co-operation to combat crime.
• Establishing the Commonwealth Legal Education Research Centre in Cameroon.

Strengthening the Harare Commonwealth Principles

• The Association works with the Commonwealth and three other Commonwealth professional organisations—Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association, Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association—on the development of the Latimer House Guidelines for the Commonwealth.
• The Association supports the work of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.

Activities for law students

• Commonwealth law students’ mooting competition.
• Commonwealth law students’ essay competition.

Full details of these activities are provided below.

CLEA OFFICERS 2003

President

1. David McQuoid-Mason
   University of Natal, Howard College of Law, Durban 4001, South Africa
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

Vice Presidents

1. Joe Silva
   Sri Lanka Law College, 244 Hulftsdorp Street, Colombo 12, Sri Lanka
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]
   
   
2. Peter Slinn
   Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1 0XG, UK
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]
   
   
3. Keith Sobion
   Council of Legal Education, Norman Manley Law School, PO Box 231, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

Honorary Treasurer

1. Dianne Stafford
   Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX, UK
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

General-Secretary

1. John Hatchard
   Commonwealth Legal Education Association, c/o Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX, UK
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2003

Australasia

1. Ros Macdonald
   Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Law, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

Europe

1. Selina Goulbourne
   Law Department, School of Social Science and Law, University of Greenwich, Maritime Campus, 30 Park Row, London SE10 9LS, UK
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

East and Central Africa

1. Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza
   Faculty of Law, Makerere University, PO Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; 554297
   email: [email protected]

The Caribbean

1. Keith Sobion
   Council of Legal Education, Norman Manley Law School, PO Box 231, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

Southern Africa

1. David McQuoid-Mason
   University of Natal, Howard College of Law, Durban 4001, South Africa
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

South Asia

1. Joe Silva
   Sri Lanka Law College, 244 Hulftsdorp Street, Colombo 12, Sri Lanka
   Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

West Africa

1. Seth Bimpong-Buta
   Ghana School of Law, PO Box 179, Accra, Ghana
   Tel: [phone]; 663246; 664775; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

North America

1. Jeff Berryman
   Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
   Tel: [phone] ext 2965; Fax: [phone]
   email: [email protected]

Ad hoc members

1. Jeremy Cooper
   School of Law, University of Middlesex, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT, UK
   email: [email protected] (responsible for the CLEA website)
   
   
2. Alexis Goh
   Faculty of Law, University of Western Sydney, Entrance #1 off Hackett Drive, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
   email: [email protected] (responsible for the Commonwealth Law Lecture series)

Country representatives

The Association has a network of country representatives. Details of these appear under the appropriate country entry in the directory.

CONSTITUTION OF THE CLEA

1 Name

The name of this organisation is the Commonwealth Legal Education Association, hereinafter referred to as the Association.

2 Object and powers

The object of the Association is to advance education by fostering and promoting high standards of Legal Education in all Commonwealth countries. In furtherance of the said objects but not further or otherwise the Association shall have the following powers:

1. (a) to encourage the provision of the facilities required to achieve high standards of legal education and research in all Commonwealth countries;
2. (b) to promote, maintain and strengthen contacts and co-operation between individuals, institutions, organisations and associations interested in legal education and research in Commonwealth countries;
3. (c) to assist existing organisations concerned with legal education and research in Commonwealth countries and to foster the establishment of such bodies in appropriate circumstances;
4. (d) to disseminate information and literature concerning legal education and research;
5. (e) to promote and conduct research in the field of legal education;
6. (f) to maintain registers and publish directories of teachers of law and others concerned with legal education and research in the Commonwealth;
8. (g) to publish a journal of legal education;
9. (h) to facilitate the exchange of students and researchers in the field of law;
10. (i) to facilitate exchange of legal materials among institutions concerned with legal education and research;
11. (j) to promote better understanding and closer collaboration between all branches of the legal profession in the Commonwealth;
12. (k) to foster and promote programmes of continuing legal education;
13. (I) to organise specialised, regional and general conferences of law teachers and others concerned with legal education and research;
14. (m) to do anything that is conducive or incidental to these objects.

3 Membership

1. (1) All applications for membership of the Association shall be made to and shall be dealt with by the Executive Committee.
2. (2) The Executive Committee shall admit to membership such institutions, organisations, associations or ...