The CLA’s objectives are to maintain and promote the rule of law throughout the Commonwealth.
CLA is a pan-Commonwealth organisation which seeks to uphold the rule of law in the Commonwealth by encouraging exchange of ideas between legal professionals, academics and students, through projects and by driving improvements in legal education. It holds a number of short events throughout the year and has a biennial conference the Commonwealth Law conference which regularly attracts over 1,000 delegates including some of the finest legal professionals in the world today to discuss issues of interest to the profession over a four day period. The 22nd Commonwealth Law Conference will be held in Nassau, The Bahamas 5-9 September 2021.