The Council of Australian Law Deans (CALD) is an unincorporated association which has amongst its objectives:

• consultation on matters of mutual concern to members or their institutions and where appropriate the adoption of common policies;
• the furtherance of legal education in Australia;
• the encouragement of legal research;
• the promotion of cooperation between law schools;
• the maintenance of close relations between law schools and the legal profession; and the collection, exchange and publication of information and statistics about the functions and needs of law schools.

The Deans of all the law schools in Australia are members of the Council and they meet together three or four times a year at different locations.

A number of reports and other documents, prepared for the Council of Australian Law Deans, are being published. These reports are, progressively, being put on this website.

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View Studying Law in Australia 2010-2011

View the CALD Constitution (PDF 68kb)

CALD Standards for Australian Law Schools - final version adopted November 2009.

Advance Notice of 2010 Meetings:

Meeting 2010#2, 3 July hosted by the University of Auckland Faculty of Law (prior to ALTA 2010 Annual Conference).

MORE CALD NEWS

• JUST RELEASED: Joint ALTC and CALD Report by Susanne Owen and Gary Davis Some Innovations in Assessment and Legal Education. Go to the Legal Education Project link to view.