traditional route to cilex qualification 2016
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Becoming CILEx QualifiedTraditional Pathway
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
• Membership body for paralegals, CILEx Practitioners & Chartered Legal Executives
• A representative and regulatory body • Established in 1963• 20,000 members
Chartered Legal Executives Broad based understanding of law & practice Specialist knowledge, experience and skills Authorised Person Status (LSA 2007) Independent Practice Rights - Advocacy & litigation in Civil, Criminal, Family, Immigration Judicial appointment, Partnership, Coroner
CILEx Practitioners (probate & conveyancing) Specialist subject pathway Authorised Person Status (LSA 2007) Independent Practice rights Specialists in their field of practice
Multiple Entry Points
Direct from workplace
Career changers
Legal Service Apprenticeship
City & Guilds Legal Studies
City & Guilds Legal Secretaries
GCSE / A Levels
Postgraduate
CILEx Pathways into the profession . . .
• CILEx Apprenticeships Level 2, 3 & 4
• CILEx Practitioner pathway
• CILEx Professional Qualifications
• Ideal for school leavers who wish to get into the legal environment straight from school and start learning about the world of work
• 12-18 month programme
• A detailed work programme developed for each apprentice in consultation with the employer
• A number of mandatory units and optional units which can be selected to match the employer's training needs for a specific role
• Apprentices must demonstrate that they have key skills. In Wales called Essential Skills and covers communication, application of number and ICT
Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship in Legal Administration
Designed for people who are interested in becoming paralegal fee-earners
Responsibilities can include:•advising individuals who have suffered personal injuries;•advising insurers & other companies who are being sued in PI cases;
3 Elements
Knowledge - “technical certificate” to ensure that an apprentices has the underpinning knowledge required by all paralegals plus the specialist knowledge required for their area of practice.
Competence qualification, assessed in the workplace
Essential skills to ensure that learners have the skills required to do the job e.g. communications, application of number and ICT
Level 3 Advance Apprenticeship in Legal Services
Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship in Legal Services
Provides specialist knowledge pathway e.g. Personal Injury Litigation
Elements: A technical certificate that assess the technical knowledge A competence based assessment - conducted in the workplace Essential skills qualifications in Communication and Application of Number
at Level 3 and ICT at Level 2. Employee Rights & Responsibilities and Personal Learning &Thinking
Skills at Level 3
Can contribute to the first stage of training to become a Chartered Legal Executive (CILEx Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice)
CILEx Practitioner (probate/conveyancing*) Authorised Person Status enables you to provide * services through regulated entity Requires evidence of Knowledge, Skills, Experience
(academic qualification, practical experience or mixture of both) Independent practice
CILEx Litigator & Advocate (Civil, Criminal, Family, Immigration) Eligible to qualify if a Chartered Legal Executive & can
demonstrate your competence to exercise litigation rights awarded rights to conduct litigation – independent practice application for litigation rights will therefore also include an
application for advocacy rights - 'rights of audience‘ Independent practice
Becoming a Chartered Legal Executive
Stage 3Qualifying Employment
3 Years work of a wholly legal nature
Stage 2Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law & Practice
Stage 1Level 3
Professional Diploma in Law & Practice
CILEx Membership Grades – Professional Status
• Student No formal legal qualifications
• Affiliate Minimum 1 CILEx level 3 unit or 3 years legal sector employment
• Associate CILEx Level 3 Diploma / QLD graduatesACILEx
• Graduate CILEx Professional ProgrammeGCILEx or QLD plus CILEx Fast Track Diploma or LPC/BVC/BPTC
• Fellow All law & practice units plus 3 years Qualifying
FCILEx Employment
Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law & Practice ~ Qualification Rules
Certificate5
units
Diploma10
units
Level 3 Professional
Diploma in Law & Practice
* Rules of combination apply
Level 3 Certificate requirements
Member must complete
Unit 1
Practice Unit
Legal Research
Client Care Skills
Law Unit
CILEx Level 3 Certificate Combinations
CIVIL LITIGATION
(TORT)
CONVEYANCING FAMILYPRACTICE
PROBATE PRACTICE
CIVIL LITIGATION
(CONTRACT)EMPLOYMENT CRIMINAL
LITIGATIONELDERLYCLIENT
PRACTICE
CILEx Level 3 Diploma
Completes stage 1 of the CILEx Professional Qualification Route
Delivers broad based knowledge/skills
Awarded on completion of ten units
The 5 units completed for the Level 3 Certificate make up one half of the Diploma
Units completed as part of a Legal Services Apprenticeship may be counted towards the requirement
Rules of Combination 10 Units required to successfully complete the Diploma
Mandatory Units (7)
Unit 1 – Introduction to LawUnits 2, 3, 4, 5 Contract, Criminal Law, Land Law, TortUnit 16, 17 Client Care & Legal Research
Electives (3)
Electives are selected from the remaining practice and non-mandatory law units (Units 6-15)
2 electives must be practice units, one must link directly to a law unit completed as part of the Diploma
Level 3 Unit - Assessment
Unit 1 Multiple Choice Questions (1 hour)
Law Units Closed Book Examination (1.5 hours)
PracticeUnits
Closed book Examination, with pre release materials (1.5 hours)
Professional SkillsUnits
CILEx tasks, assessed by centres
Level 3 Examination fees 2015/16• £48 per unit
2 Exam sittings per year January & June
Time Commitment
Certificate: typically studied over one year Diploma: typically studied over two years Approx. 8 hours study per week per year
STAGE 2
CILEx Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law & Practice Qualification Rules
Law Unit
Law Unit
Client Care Skills
Legal Research
Practice Unit
Law Unit
Level 6 - Assessment
Law Units Closed Book Examination (3 hours)
PracticeUnits
Closed book Examination, with pre release materials (3 hours)
Professional SkillsUnits
CILEx tasks, assessed by centres
Level 6 Examination fees 2014/15• Law & Practice Units £91 each• Skills Units £66 each
2 Exam sittings per year : January & June
STAGE 3
Qualifying Employment – Work Based Learning
3 years’ work of a wholly legal nature
Requires completion of an outcomes focused work diary
Requires a significant level of legal, rather than administrative, work to be completed
Final year must be completed after becoming a Graduate Member (GCILEx) of CILEx..
Qualifying Employment
During the final year of QE, a Graduate Member should work, in the following capacity, for a minimum 20hrs/week:
a fee earner (or equivalent)
have conduct of and running their own caseload
as a trainee Chartered Legal Executive
The WBL Handbook explains what constitutes QE. Members are asked to check before proceeding if they are in any doubt as to whether their employment constitutes QE.
Annual Membership Fees 2015/16
One-off registration £40
o Student £55o Affiliate £125o Associate £185o Graduate £215o Fellow £355
Where to Study
CILEx Study Centres
Course tuition fees are payable to, and set by, individual centres. Enquiries should be made with centres to confirmCosts.
Benefits of CILEx Qualification Qualified Lawyer Status; an Authorised Person (LSA2007)
Regulation/Representation by a Professional Body
Litigation Rights – Independent practice
Eligibility for partnership
Advocacy rights civil, criminal, family
Eligible for Judicial appointment
Eligible to apply for Coroner appointment
Own & run own legal entity, in your own name
Management opportunities
Benefits for Employers
Flexible: continue to train whilst working
Cost effective: fee earning capacity compared with training cost and salary (CILEx research)
Good value compared with other legal sector staff Typical target: £60-£100k Total cost to train: less than £6k
Enhanced expertise: in some cases, CILEx members may possess unique skills and practice knowledge
Improved staff retention/development
Additional Opportunities (web links)
Probate Practice rights Conveyancing Practice rights Litigation & Advocacy Practice rights Judicial Appointment Entity Regulation
Further Information
Membership [email protected] www.cilexcareers.org.ukTwitter : @cilexlawyersTel 01234 841000
Lynne SquiresCILEx Development Manager [email protected] Tel: 01234 844644