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The idea for a community legal centre was first proposed in a paper entitled Professional Practice and discussed at a staff seminar on 2 April 1980 (Clinical Legal Education in papers for School of Law 16 September 1980 meeting). At the 14 October 1980 meeting of the School of Law, a Clinical Legal Education Committee was established to investigate this proposal. This committee reported back to the School on 14 April 1981 and it was then decided to proceed with a concept where two solicitors, who would be members of the full-time academic staff, would be appointed to supervise the work at the clinic and apart from this the subject would also have a seminar component to be supervised by the director of the clinic who would be a member of the teaching academic staff. On 4 May 1981 Dean Professor Ronald Sackville wrote to the Vice-Chancellor Professor Rupert Myers with a proposal for a legal clinic to commence operations from Semester 2, 1981, which in 1981 began on 20 July. After some discussion, on 21 May 1981 Professor Myers approved the proposal as an experiment of about nine months' duration with no forward commitment on anyone's part beyond that (file 035392). This decision was announced at the 2 June 1981 meeting of the School of Law, who gave their own approval to the idea. The first Director of the Centre was lecturer Neil Rees. The Clinic was located at located at 11 Rainbow St, Kingsford and was formerly opened on 9 September, 1981 (Uniken, 4 September 1981). By this time it had become known as the Kingsford Legal Centre and as David Nichols notes in the history From the Roundabout to the Roundhouse, it is not recorded exactly how the 'Kingsford' name took precedence, but it is presumably related to the location of the premises offered by Randwick Council and a desire to include residents of the adjoining Botany area while at the same time retaining a sense of local character (page 10). In a review of the Centre's operations in 1991, its then director Simon Rice also stated that Kingsford Legal Centre was not established as a separate legal entity...It was and remains only a name, used by the Faculty to identify the place at which one of its subjects is taught. The legal practice is in effect a private practice, with the benefit of the professional indemnity insurance and auditing facilities of the university (cited in From the Roundabout to the Roundhouse, pg 10). At the 20 October 1981 meeting of the Faculty of Law, a Kingsford Legal Centre Advisory Committee was established to review and advise on the operations of the Kingsford Legal Centre and on its role in the teaching and other activities of the Faculty. With the opening of the new law building in July 2006, Kingsford Legal Centre was re-located from its position in Kingsford to the rest of the faculty on the university campus. In 2007 the Director of the Centre was Anna Cody. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - by 20/07/1981-

The creation of the Faculty of Law was approved by Council on 13th July, 1964, under resolution 64/137. On 24 January 1966, the foundation chair of Law was created, with the apointee to also become dean of the faculty (resolution 66/15i). On 8 September 1969 Council appointed Professor John Halden Wootten to this position (resolution 69/155), with classes being offered from 1971. Originally the Faculty did not incorporate any Schools, but this was altered by Council on 24th January, 1972 (resolution 72/10) with the formation of the School of Law, which was co-extensive with the Faculty. The inaugural meeting of the Faculty took place on 9th February, 1971. In 2013, administered by Dean Professor David Dixon, the Faculty was comprised of the School of Law, the Australasian Legal Information Institute, the Diplomacy Training Program, the Social Justice Project and nine Centres. Subordinate agency: Board of Studies in Taxation (1990 - 2006) / Australian School of Taxation (ATAX) (2006 - 2010) - 25/08/1997 - 31/12/2010 Subordinate agency: Law Library Advisory Committee - 04/04/1978 Subordinate agency: School of Law - 24/01/1972 Subordinate agency: Teaching Committee of the School / Faculty of Law - 18/03/1975 - 06/04/1988 Subordinate agency: Curriculum Committee of the School / Faculty of Law - 18/03/1975 - 06/04/1988 Subordinate agency: Curriculum Review Committee of the Faculty of Law - 26/09/1978 Subordinate agency: Future Directions Task Force of the Faculty of Law - 17/08/1994 Subordinate agency: Planning Committee of the Faculty of Law - 13/08/1997 - 31/12/1998 Subordinate agency: Dean's Council of the Faculty of Law - 24/08/1998 Subordinate agency: Governance Working Party of the Faculty of Law - 29/07/1999 - 20/11/1999 Subordinate agency: Education Committee of the Faculty of Law - 10/02/2000 Subordinate agency: Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law - 01/01/2001 Subordinate agency: Kingsford Legal Centre - 20/07/1981 Subordinate agency: Communications Law Centre - 09/05/1988 - 30/06/2005 Subordinate agency: Centre for Refugee Research - 02/02/1999 Subordinate agency: Aboriginal Law Research Unit (1981 - 1986) / Aboriginal Law Centre (1986 - 1997) / Indigenous Law Centre (1997 - ) - 23/04/1981 Subordinate agency: Human Rights Centre - 13/08/1986 - 29/01/1997 Subordinate agency: Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRC) - 19/06/1996 Subordinate agency: National Children's & Youth Law Centre (NCYLC) - 01/01/1993 Subordinate agency: Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre - 06/06/2000 Subordinate agency: European Law Centre (1996 - 2008) / Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (2008 - c. 2011) / Network for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (c. 2011 - ) - 19/06/1996 Subordinate agency: Centre for the Study of Law and Technology - 29/02/1984 - 01/06/1992 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 13/07/1964-

This series contains the Clinical Legal Education Guides of the Kingsford Legal Centre. Each item consists of a guide to the Clinical Legal Education courses offered by Australian universities. The Archives' holdings of this series is incomplete.

This series contains the Guides to Indigenous Legal Education of the Kingsford Legal Centre. Each item consists of a guide to the legal education courses offered by Australian universities that are aimed specifically at indigenous people.

This series contains minutes, agendas and papers of the Kingsford Legal Centre Advisory Committee. The material is typed and is arranged in chronological order according to the date of meetings. The meetings were to decide strategic directions for the Kingsford Legal Centre. It is unclear how long this Committee remained active. The Archives' holdings for this series are incomplete.

This series contains the annual reports of the Kingsford Legal Centre. Each item is a typed, paper-bound volume on the happenings within the centre throughout the year. The University Archives' holdings of this series are incomplete.

This series consists of the booklet leaflet collection of the Kingsford Legal Centre. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder and includes brochures, reports and guides as released by the Centre. Included in this series are some issues of the eBulletin.

This series contains the Unsolicited Student Newsletters of the Kingsford Legal Centre. Each item outlines current happenings and activities occurring in the Centre, as written by students, including reports of recent cases and judgements.

This series contains the eBulletins of the Kingsford Legal Centre. Each item outlines current happenings and activities occurring in the Centre, including reports of recent cases.

This series contains the manuals of the Kingsford Legal Centre. Each item consists of a guide to the procedures and other information about the operations of the Centre.