[1] Founded in 2007, the College states that one of its purposes is "to provide a forum for the exchange of information among experienced legal professionals for the purpose of the advancement of parliamentary law".
[3] "Parliamentary law" (i.e. the procedures used by deliberative assemblies to make decisions in meetings) is separate from the legal matters that lawyers are trained in.
[4] Generally, lawyers are not necessarily also parliamentarians, or experts in meeting procedures.
As a result, this association was formed to connect the two fields.
[5] For its meetings, ACPL uses Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) to conduct its business.