ILEX Level 6 Legal Skills Certificate
This qualification is achieved by passing the ILEX Level 6 professional skills units - Unit 22 Client Care Skills and Unit 23 Legal Research Skills. The fee is £295 for each course. An application form for these courses is available at the foot of this page. The units also contribute to the ILEX Levek 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law and Practice - the second stage of legal executive training.
What are the courses about?
By completing the ILEX Level 6 Client Care Skills unit you will acquire essential business skills in negotiation and complaints management. You select the context in which you wish to study your negotiation from three practice areas: Conveyancing, Civil Litigation or Family Practice. The course teaches you how to prepare for negotiation and introduces the BATNA theory (best alternative to a negotiated agreement).
Legal research skills are particularly important for practitioners, which is why the ILEX Level 6 Legal Research Skills unit teaches applied skills using books and web-based sources with the objective of resolving a client problem. The research tasks are based on seven practice areas, one of which you choose according to your own interest. The areas are:
- Civil Litigation
- Company and Partnership Practice
- Conveyancing
- Criminal Litigation
- Employment Practice
- Family Practice
- Probate Practice
The research tasks will cover non-mainstream areas of law and practice which may go outside the areas covered in the ILEX Level 6 law and practice syllabi.
Course design – Unit 22 Client Care Skills
The course is built around a specially written manual on negotiation and complaints management, supplemented by material on professional ethics. Course materials include a practice assignment in your selected area. The assignment is based on an audio file of a simulated telephone negotiation between a lawyer and his or her opponent. The exercise requires you to assess the effectiveness of the negotiation and complete follow-up tasks including writing an attendance note, drafting a letter and dealing with a subsequent complaint by the client. Your completed practice assignment is sent to your tutor for marking and comment before attempting the assessed assignment.
Course design – Unit 23 Legal Research Skills
By successfully completing the Legal Research Skills Course you will learn essential applied research skills. You will have access to a specially-written interactive learning resource to guide you through the syllabus, as well as on-line legal database. Your course will include a practice assignment which will test your ability to advise a client on the basis of your research. Again, this is sent to your tutor for marking and comment before attempting the assessed assignment.
Academic and administrative support
On-course support is available from our Academic Team by telephone during office hours, and our designated tutors on the course forums are on hand to help you with course queries.
Application
Apply now on-line, or download and submit the enrolment application form below.
Download application form: Enrolment application form for ILEX courses 2010-11
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