board of advisors

• St. Clements' Randall M. Robinson American INN of COURT for Trans-African Law's mission is to provide a transformative learning experience that empowers law students, barristers, human rights advocates, and civil magistrates to become agents of positive change in their communities. 

• This INN of COURT is committed to fostering a global, diverse, and inclusive environment that values creativity, innovation, and social responsibility.

• In an effort to achieve these objectives we have partnered with St. Clements University and the St. Clements Education Group.

• An important part of the St Clements Education Group's philosophy flowing from its mission statement, is that it endeavors to take education to the people where there is need for it. This has led to it opening schools in some very difficult parts of the world.

• The St Clements Education Group was founded in 1995 when St Clements University was registered in the Turk and Caicos Islands as a university company offering non-traditional degree programs.

• Due to different local requirements it became obvious that in order to gain local Ministry of Higher Education approval and accreditation a single global university company would not be suitable.

• In 2005 a policy was started, to where practical establish local autonomous degree granting schools which could fulfill local Ministry of Higher Education approval and accreditation.

• The St. Clements University and the St. Clements Education Group are led by Dr. David Le Cornu (Australia).

• Dr. David Le Cornu is an expert in, among other disciplines, business law, business administration, and the political-economic development of nations in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

Mission Statement of St Clements Education Group

• As far as practical education should be made easily accessible to the people through classroom campuses, satellite campuses, open learning and hybrid learning rather than forcing the students to leave their local community in order to obtain knowledge not available locally.

• Learning should be a lifelong experience and that higher education should be available to all who qualify, and not just school leavers.

Introduction

• The Randall M. Robinson Inn of Court has co-founded the William Wilberforce Centre for Law and Religion in an effort to promote the highest professional standards of the American Inns of Court among both national and international judges and human rights lawyers and barristers in the United States and beyond. 

• The American Inns of Court concept was the product of a discussion in the late 1970's among the United States' members of the Anglo-American Exchange of Lawyers and Judges in the United States. 

• In 1985 the American Inns of Court Foundation with 12 Inns nationally, was organized to support the Inns and to promote the goals of legal excellence, civility, professionalism and ethics on a national level. 

• In June 1985, approximately 20 people representing the 12 Inns attended an organizational meeting and elected a board of seven trustees including Judges Aldon J. Anderson, Susan H. Black, and William B. Enright; Professors Sherman L. Cohn and Peter W. Murphy; and attorneys Harold G. Christensen and Albert I. Moon, Jr. The board then elected Anderson to serve as its first chairman.

•  The American Inns of Court movement has grown faster than any other organization of legal professionals. 

• Today there are nearly 400 chartered American Inns of Court in 48 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Tokyo. 

• There are nearly 30,000 active members nationwide encompassing a wide cross-section of the legal community, including federal and state judges, lawyers, law professors, and law students.

American Inns of Court 
Commitment to Diversity 

Ideals of the Movement

• Upholding the standards of the legal profession

• Practicing law with dignity and respect

• Encouraging respect for our system of justice

• Achieving a higher level of legal excellence

• Developing a deeper sense of professionalism

   Ideals of Diversity

• The American Inns of Court firmly believes that personal diversity in all its aspects is essential to our ability to accomplish our mission.

• Diversity embodies all those differences that make us unique individuals.

• We value the differences in views and perspectives and the varied experiences that are part of a diverse membership.

• Diversity enriches and broadens our membership, which in turn leads to more creative and meaningful programs.

Professional Diversity

• Legal professionals and law school faculty, administrators, and students.

• All practice types, from both the public and private sectors.

• From the least experienced to the most seasoned are vital to maximizing the Inn experience  Only by drawing and retaining a diverse membership will we guarantee the success of our unique organization as well as our respective professional pursuits. Therefore, the American Inns of Court are committed to creating and maintaining a culture that promotes and supports diversity not only throughout our organization, but in our profession as well.