City & Guilds/CILEx Legal Studies and Legal Secretaries Qualifications
CILEx and City & Guilds work together to offer these qualifications
The Legal Studies units provide learners with a basic knowledge of law which they can either use to gain employment or to enhance their understanding of their current work. They can also be the basis on which learners can build their knowledge to become a Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer.
If learners successfully complete the Certificate or Diploma in Legal Studies qualification, they can apply for exemption from Introduction to Law and Practice, the first unit from the CILEx Level 3 Certificate/Diploma in Law and Practice.
Learners can achieve a full qualification by combining units together. To achieve the:
- Award in Legal Studies, learners must pass Unit 201 plus one unit from 202-210
- Certificate in Legal Studies, learners must pass Units 201, 202, 203 and 204 plus one unit from 205-210
- Diploma in Legal Studies, learners must pass Units 201, 202, 203 and 204 plus five units from 205-210.
Since 2004, CILEx and City & Guilds have successfully worked together to offer Legal Studies and Legal Secretaries qualifications to over 50,000 candidates.
201 The legal environment
202 Principles of criminal liability
203 Principles of contract liability
204 Principles of negligence
205 Law in the workplace
206 Civil litigation
207 Consumer rights
208 Family law
209 Wills and succession
210 Conveyancing
On successful completion of each unit, learners will receive a unit certificate and when the units for the particular qualification have been completed, they will receive a Legal Studies qualification certificate.
The attractiveness of the Level 3 Diploma for Legal Secretaries is illustrated by Elliot Williams CILEx Awards winner, who works for a London City law firm.
“I felt so proud when I found out I had won the award and without my tutor I wouldn’t be where I am today. I can’t believe I was chosen, it just shows hard work and dedication can take you anywhere. I learnt great skills and gained some lifelong friends on the CILEx course and I wouldn’t have the job I have now without this course” .
The Legal Secretaries units provide learners with the necessary skills to work successfully as secretaries or administrators in a legal or business environment.
Learners can achieve a full qualification by combining units together. To achieve the:
- Level 2 Certificate for Legal Secretaries, learners must pass Units 220, 221, 222 and 223
- Level 2 Diploma for Legal Secretaries, learners must pass Units 220, 221, 222, 223 plus two units from 224, 225, 226 OR unit 201 plus one unit from 202-210
- Level 3 Certificate for Legal Secretaries, learners must pass Units 320/321, 322 and 323
- Level 3 Diploma for Legal Secretaries, learners must pass Units 320/321, 322, 323 plus two units from 324, 325, 326, 327 OR unit 201 plus one unit from 202-210.
220 Legal text processing
221 Legal audio processing
222 Working in the legal environment
223 Proofreading in the legal environment
224 Legal spreadsheet processing
225 Legal database processing
226 Legal presentation techniques
320 Advanced legal word processing: text production
321 Advanced legal word processing: audio
322 Business skills in the legal environment
323 Proofreading in the legal environment
324 Legal spreadsheet processing
325 Legal database processing
326 Legal presentation techniques
327 Legal terminology
201 The legal environment
202 Principles of criminal liability
203 Principles of contract liability
204 Principles of negligence
205 Law in the workplace
206 Civil litigation
207 Consumer rights
208 Family law
209 Wills and Succession
210 Conveyancing
As with the Legal Studies qualifications, on successful completion of each unit, learners will receive a unit certificate and when they have completed all the units for that particular qualification, they will receive a full Legal Secretaries qualification certificate.
From September 2016, the Level 3 Legal Secretarial qualification is changing to become a Tech Level qualification, although the content of the qualification is similar, there are some differences in the way in which this new qualification will be assessed, including the introduction of a summative assignment at the end of the qualification which assesses a selection of knowledge and skills which have been developed during the course of study.
Legal Studies and Legal Secretaries’ learners can become a member of CILEx.
The CILEx student grade is for someone who has no legal qualifications.
Upon successful completion of the Legal Studies and Legal Secretaries qualifications, a learner will be able to become a CILEx Affiliate member and be regulated through CILEx Regulation (CRL) which means that they stand apart from nonregulated paralegals. For further information on CRL, visit here.
By joining CILEx, members receive the monthly CILEx Journal, which keeps members up-to-date on events, legal news, a digest of recent court decisions, legal vacancies and much more.
CILEx members also have access to a broad range of discounted products and services, including short breaks, car, travel and property insurance, the CILEx Benevolent Fund, and access to LawCare offering free health support and advice.
Further information on the benefits of CILEx membership is available here
CILEx members are able to join a CILEx branch and further information can be found here
More detailed information on the qualifications can be found at here and here (7657 Legal Studies or 7655 Legal Secretaries) or by contacting CILEx on 01234 844360.