The precursor to the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (hereinafter referred to as “ZIALE” or “the Institute”) was the Law Practice Institute (LPI) established in 1968. The LPI was set up to provide basic training in the essentials of legal practice to post graduate law students leading to the admission of qualifying students as legal practitioners. The Institute was re-established by an Act of Parliament in 1996 to be a body corporate.