Level 3 qualifications
LEVEL 3 QUALIFICATIONS
The Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice recognises the growing number of students who are either interested in a short but rounded introduction to law and practice, or have a specific learning requirement within an area of law and legal practice.
This qualification, set and assessed at A-level standard, consists of 5 individually accumulated units selected from a suite of 19. Students can complete this qualification en route to the larger Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice, which has 10 units.
The Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice is a broad-based, practical introduction to law and legal practice. It requires that students achieve across key areas of law and legal practice. Whilst all students undertake a certain amount of core study, there is also room for students to take units which reflect their main areas of interest.
The Professional Skills study units require students to demonstrate key transferable legal skills in practical situations. The mandatory inclusion of these ensures that the qualification both reflects the pace of change in the legal sector and that CILEx students are well prepared to embrace this change.
You will receive a certificate for each unit that you pass, so the units are also ideal if you wish to enhance your skills as a paralegal.
If you work in a law firm and successfully complete your Level 3 Professional Diploma, your employer can charge out your fee-earning time at grade D of the Guideline Hourly Rates.
Whilst it is permissible for learners to take the following combinations of units, they should be aware that they do not count as 2 different practice areas:
Unit 12 The Practice of Family Law and Unit 18 The Practice of Childcare Law
Unit 10 Conveyancing Practice and Unit 19 Residential & Commercial Leasehold Conveyancing
Unit 14 Probate Practice and Unit 15 The Practice of Law for the Elderly Client
If the above combinations are taken, learners will be required to take another unit from a different practice area to achieve the Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice.
- When learners enrol on the Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice, they will become a Student or Affiliate member of CILEx.
- When learners achieve the Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice, they will become an Affiliate member of CILEx.
- When learners achieve the Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice, they will become an Associate member of CILEx and may use the designatory letters ‘ACILEx’ after their name.