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Probate
Probate
If you are looking to train personnel to work in probate matters then we have a number of courses to choose from, depending on the current level of knowledge of the prospective student. The table below sets out the courses that we recommend to deliver the knowledge and skills required by different levels of staff.
Recommended courses
Key: Level 2 is equivalent to GCSE level; Level 3 is equivalent to A level; Level 6 is equivalant to honours-degree level for law courses or LPC-level for legal practice courses.
| Who do you want to train? |
What do you want them to become? |
Knowledge and skills you want them to have |
Recommended courses |
What they might consider doing next |
| Newly-recruited legal secretary/ administrator |
More efficient legal secretary/ administrator |
Understanding the context of their secretarial/ administrative work |
City & Guilds/ILEX Level 2 Certificate in Legal Studies (£405) using Unit 209 Probate Practice and Administration as the elective subject |
City & Guilds/ILEX Level 3 Diploma for Legal Secretaries |
Legal secretary/ administrator/
unqualified paralegal |
Paralegal/ more efficient paralegal |
Ability to progress a standard file under close supervision. No client contact. |
ILEX Level 3 Unit 1 Introduction to Law and Practice (£180); Unit 8 Law of Wills and Succession (£270); Unit 16 Probate Practice (£295) |
Add two more units to achieve the ILEX Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice (Probate Practice) |
Legal secretary/ administrator/
unqualified paralegal |
Paralegal/ more efficient paralegal with client contact |
Ability to progress a standard file under close supervision and to liaise with clients. |
ILEX Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice (Probate Practice)(£985) |
Add five more units to achieve the ILEX Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice |
| Law graduate paralegal |
Legal assistant/ file handler |
Ability to progress files and to liaise with clients |
ILEX Level 6 Unit 14 Law of Wills and Succession* and Unit 21 Probate Practice (£495) |
Consider the ILEX Graduate Fast-track Diploma |
| Legal executive/ solicitor from another department |
Re-deployed solicitor/ legal executive with relevant training |
Re-train to deploy to probate department. |
ILEX Level 6 Unit 21 Probate Practice (£495) |
Also consider ILEX Level 6 Unit 22 Client Care Skills (Probate Practice) which covers negotiation |
*assumes this has not already been studied as an elective in the law degree
Fees and timings
Prices quoted are for the academic year 2010-11. Please follow the links to individual course pages to check that these are still relevant and for information on course details. Your students can start their courses at any time of year and have fifteen months to complete each ILEX course and one year for an ITC Specialist Course. This is a generous period and courses can usually be completed well within this timeframe.
For further advice on using our courses to develop your staff, or if you have any queries, please call Jenny Pelling, Business Director on 01234 844326.