The Criminal Law Reform Now Network (the CLRN Network or CLRNN) is an independent research network of academics and other legal experts which has as its aim the gathering and dissemination of comprehensible proposals for reform of the criminal law of England and Wales to the wider community. [1]
The CLRN Network was launched following a general reform conference in 2016 at the Crime Research Centre of the University of Sussex [2] and the proposals made at that conference fed into the consultation for the Law Commission's the 13th Programme of Law Reform. [3] [4] A second conference was held in association with the Law Commission at the University of Birmingham in 2021 as part of the consultation for the 14th Programme of Law Reform. [5]
In 2023, a memorandum of understanding was agreed between the CLRN Network and the Law Commission in order to facilitate a closer working relationship and the increased exchange of ideas. The MoU has been extended until October 2028. [6]
The reforms proposed at the two conferences have been published as two books: