The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) is a member Institute of the School of Advanced Study of the University of London. Founded in 1947, it was conceived and funded as a national academic institution, attached to the University of London, serving all universities through its programmes, facilities and national legal research library.
The general purpose and scope of the Institute was proclaimed to be: "the focal point of legal research for the United Kingdom and the countries of the British Commonwealth." From the beginning its foremost mission was to be a “national centre of legal research for the United Kingdom.”
In addition to academic research and study, the Institute also hosts seminars and lectures, many of which are open to the public.
Since 1976, the Institute’s home has been Charles Clore House, located in the heart of Bloomsbury, at 17 Russell Square.
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