The ILEX Graduate Fast-track Diploma
Your law degree counts towards becoming a legal executive
The ILEX Graduate Fast-track Diploma is a new qualification for law graduates who wish to complete the academic part of the legal executive qualification. Having your law degree means that you do not need to study any more law subjects. You just need to acquire the legal practice and professional skills elements of the qualification. You must also satisfy ILEX's requirements for qualifying employment, which are covered in the 'How to qualify as a legal executive lawyer' section. If you are already working as a paralegal, it is highly likely that your current employment will count towards your five years' qualifying employment.
What will I study?
The ILEX Graduate Fast-track Diploma is made up of two ILEX Level 6 practice units and one Level 6 professional skills unit – Unit 22 Client Care Skills. One of the practice units must link to a law unit that you have studied as part of your degree. A list of the practice units and the law units to which they relate is given below. These are for reference only - no law units are studied as part of the ILEX Graduate Fast-track Diploma. The course fees are £495 for each practice unit, and £295 for the Client Care Skills unit, amounting in total to £1285, which is significantly less than a Legal Practice Course. Membership and assessment fees are also payable to ILEX.
| Practice units |
Linked law units (already studied) |
| Unit 15 Civil Litigation |
Contract Law or Law of Tort |
| Unit 16 The Practice of Company & Partnership Law |
Company and Partnership Law |
| Unit 17 Conveyancing |
Land Law |
| Unit 18 Criminal Litigation |
Criminal Law |
| Unit 19 The Practice of Employment Law |
Employment Law |
| Unit 20 The Practice of Family Law |
Family Law |
| Unit 21 Probate Practice |
Law of Wills and Succession |
The three units Civil Litigation, Conveyancing and Criminal Litigation all relate to a core law degree subject, so if you choose any one of these three units then you can select freely from the other practice units for your second choice. You should be careful if you wish to study two units, neither of which are related to core law degree subjects, for example The Practice of Employment Law and The Practice of Family Law. In this case you must have studied either Employment Law or Family Law as an elective subject within your law degree.
Entry requirements
To be eligible for the graduate fast-track route to becoming a Graduate Member of ILEX, you must have achieved, within the last seven years, a qualifying law degree as recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. You need to register with ILEX in order to be eligible to sit an ILEX assessment. We recommend that you do this as soon as possible after enrolment. To enrol on an ITC course you must have access to a computer with an internet connection and a personal email address. A minimum technical specification is given here.
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Application
Apply on-line, or download and submit the course application form below. The application form gives advice on fees, package options and instalment options, as well as information on how to apply if your studies are being funded by your employer.
Download application form: Application form for Graduate Fast-track Diploma courses 2010-11
Download: ILEX Graduate Fast-track Diploma Flyer
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