Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Type	Law school
Established	1947
Parent institution	School of Advanced Study, University of London
Chairman	Lord Lloyd-Jones
Director	Carl Stychin
Academic staff	Colin King (Director of Research Programmes); Constantin Stefanou (Director of Taught Programmes); Nora Ni Loideain (Director of the Information Law and Policy Centre)
Administrative staff	Marilyn Clarke (Librarian)
Location	London, England, United Kingdom
Campus	Urban
Website	ials.sas.ac.uk ; ;

The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) is a member institute of the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Founded in 1947, it is a national academic centre of excellence, serving the legal community and universities across the United Kingdom and the world through legal scholarship, facilities, and its comparative law library.

The mission of the institute is to be "the focal point of legal research for the United Kingdom and the countries of the British Commonwealth."^[1]

Since 1976, the institute's home has been Charles Clore House, located in the heart of Bloomsbury, at 17 Russell Square.

^ University of London. "Annual Report / Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. First Prospectus 1947/1948" (PDF). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

[1] University of London. "Annual Report / Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. First Prospectus 1947/1948" (PDF). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

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