The Official Opening Ceremony of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at Charles Clore House was held on 1st April 1976.
Speech of Welcome to the Chancellor, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, by the Rt. Hon. Lord Diplock
Address by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Reply by the Rt.Hon. Lord Denning
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Chancellor of the University of London, honoured the Institute by coming to open the new premises, Charles Clore House, on the corner of Russell Square and Bedford Way. Her Majesty was greeted by the Mayor and Mayoress of Camden (Councillor and Mrs B. J. Taylor), the Vice-Chancellor (Dr F. Hartley) and the Principal (Dr F.M.G. Willson) of the University, the Chairman of the Committee of Management (Lord Diplock) and the Chairman of the Council of Management of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (Lord Denning), together with the Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (Professor Sir Norman Anderson) and the Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (Professor K.R. Simmonds).
Sir Charles Clore kindly provided champagne to celebrate the occasion in the Second Floor Reading Room of the Library, where further presentations were made to the Chancellor - including members of the General Purposes Sub-Committee, overseas visiting scholars and a number of postgraduate students. Her Majesty became so involved in some conversations that the detailed time-table was soon abandoned and in fact she stayed half an hour longer than expected. Before leaving, the Chancellor very graciously presented a signed photograph of herself to Lord Diplock. This is now hung in the Conference Room on the ground floor.