I work as a full time legal secretary and wanted to better myself within the Legal field, so I decided to try for the ILEX legal qualifications to become a Legal Executive.
A flexible route to obtain the ILEX Professional Qualification in Law is through distance learning with ILEX Tutorial ... Read review
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...decided to try for the ILEX legal qualifications to become a Legal Executive.
A flexible route to obtain the ILEX Professional Qualification in Law is through distance learning with ILEX Tutorial College (ITC) . Their courses are designed to allow students to study while continuing in their full-time employment. ITC students can choose a pace and progression to suit their individual commitments.
ITC specialises in training ... ...the exams leading to the ILEX Professional Qualification in Law, and gain five years' experience of working under the supervision of a solicitor in legal practice or the legal department of a private company or local/national government. At that stage you can apply to become a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX). Full details are given on the Institute of Legal Executives' website at www.ilex.org.uk, where you will also gain information ... more
I work as a full time legal secretary and wanted to better myself within the Legal field, so I decided to try for the ILEX legal qualifications to become a Legal Executive.
A flexible route to obtain the ILEX Professional Qualification in Law is through distance learning with ILEX Tutorial College (ITC) . Their courses are designed to allow students to study while continuing in their full-time employment. ITC students can choose a pace and progression to suit their individual commitments.
ITC specialises in training courses in law and is the biggest UK provider of legal education through distance learning. They have over 5,000 students and qualified professionals studying by distance learning at any one time.
Legal Executives are qualified lawyers specialising in a particular area of law. To become a Legal Executive you need to pass the exams leading to the ILEX Professional Qualification in Law, and gain five years' experience of working under the supervision of a solicitor in legal practice or the legal department of a private company or local/national government. At that stage you can apply to become a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX). Full details are given on the Institute of Legal Executives' website at www.ilex.org.uk, where you will also gain information about enrolling as a Student Member. We recommend that you visit the site before you enrol with ITC on any ILEX course.
ILEX Professional Qualification in Law
The Professional Qualification in Law is divided into Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law (PDL) and Level 4 Professional Higher Diploma in Law (PHDL), previously referred to as Part I ILEX and Part II ILEX respectively.
Level 3 PDL provides a broad introduction to law and legal practice. ITC offers the Level 3 PDL courses Law 1, Practice 1, Law 2, and Practice 2 by distance learning.
Level 4 PHDL allows for specialist study of three substantive law subjects and one legal practice subject. To complete Level 4 PHDL, you must pass exams in a legal practice paper with its linked law paper, and two other substantive law papers of your choice from the Level 4 PHDL law subjects. ITC is the only college to offer the full range of Level 4 PHDL courses.
The six practice subjects and their linked law subjects are:
Civil Litigation linked to Contract or Tort (with a recommendation that students do both of these law subjects) Company and Partnership Practice linked to Company and Partnership Law Conveyancing linked to Land Law Criminal Litigation linked to Criminal Law Family Practice linked to Family Law Probate Practice linked to Probate and SuccessionThe full range of Level 4 PHDL law courses offered by ITC is:
Law subjects Commercial Law Company and Partnership Law Criminal Law Employment Law Equity and Trusts European Law Family Law Immigration Law Intellectual Property Law Land Law Landlord and Tenant Law Law of Contract Law of Evidence Law of Tort Local Government Law Planning Law Probate and Succession Public Law Social Welfare Law
Once you have passed all your exams you can apply for Membership of ILEX.
Entry requirements
Please refer to www.ilex.org.uk for entry requirements, and exemption information. Please note that you must register with ILEX as a Student Member at the same time as you enrol on an ITC course. You will only be able to apply to enter the ILEX exam if you are a Student Member, and strict deadlines are imposed for exam entry.
ILEX - Institute of Legal Executives
The first level - Level 3 Diploma in Law and Practice is made up of 10 units.
You will do 5 mandatory units
Then you will choose 3 units out of 10: Either two practice and one law or two law and one practice, and they will have to link.
Then the final two units:
16 Client Care Skills
17 Legal Research
The second part is Level 6 Higher Diploma in Law and Practice. You will have to refer to the website for ... ...am doing it with the ILEX Tutorial College (ITC) (www.ilex-tutorial.ac.uk), this is a distance leaning college.
In my opinion, it's a fantastic alternative route into a legal career and it's so much cheaper than a degree.
If you do the level 3 course in a certain order (explained on ITC website), Each 5 units will amount to a qualification - Unit 1, two middle units, unit 16 + 17 = Certificate in Law and Practice
All 10 units = Diploma in Law ...
larissa742617 22.09.2009 (23.09.2009)
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