The Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (ACLEC) was an advisory board established by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 and tasked with assisting in "the maintenance and development of standards in the education, training and conduct of those offering legal services".
The body officially came into existence in April 1991, and undertook its first major task in 1992 when it began reviewing the state of legal education in England and Wales.
[2] The Committee issued two more reports - First report on legal education and training in 1996 and Continuing professional development for solicitors and barristers[2] In 1999 ACLEC was abolished by Statutory Instrument 1999/3296 (The Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (Provisions on Abolition) Order 1999) and replaced by the Legal Services Consultative Panel, an organisation within the Lord Chancellor's Department.
[5] ACLEC was tasked with assisting in "the maintenance and development of standards in the education, training and conduct of those offering legal services".
[1] The Committee reviewed the practical and academic education and training required and possessed by those providing legal services, and was expected to pay particular attention to the way legal services were provided for those with "special difficulties", such as those who are developmentally disabled.