Archives and Records of Legal Education

The Institute has three collections of archives, held in the Library - administered by IALS Archivist.

IALS Archive

These are records of the Institute itself and also various manuscripts held by the Institute.

You can search the IALS Archive on the ULRLS Archives Database.

AIM25 collection description for the IALS Archive.

International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) Archives

These are records of the International Association of Law Libraries, founded in 1959 with the purpose of promoting and supporting the work of Law Libraries and related agencies, in order to facilitate research and use of their materials on a multinational and co-operative basis.

IALL Archives List (PDF)
IALL website: http://www.iall.org/

Records of Legal Education Archives

These archives were created as part of a broader project funded by the Leverhulme Trust to investigate records of legal education. They are records of a variety of organisations which otherwise had no institutional home or were at risk.

You can browse the RLEA finding list or search on the ULRLS Archives Database.

AIM25 collection description for the RLEA.

Access to materials from both Archives is by prior appointment. (Email: ials@sas.ac.uk or telephone 020 7862 5790). Most records are open for consultation but some restrictions have been placed on access to material as specified by depositors.

To differentiate archive series descriptions from printed material catalogued in the main Library of IALS, the prefix 'A' has been used for all material held in the Archives.