Membership Grades and Fees
CILEx offers the following membership categories, which you
can join according to your experience and qualifications
held. You can register to study with CILEx at any time of the
year and this has been made easier by a new online membership application
service.
Membership Registration Grades and Fees 2012/2013
Note: There will be a one-off initial registration
fee of £40 which is payable in addition to the below fees.
Student member – for those wishing
to enter the legal profession; those who have no relevant legal
qualification; or those with less than three years’ work experience
of a predominantly legal nature. Annual subscription fees of £50
are payable.
Affiliate member – for those with
at least one CILEx level 3 unit qualification, or who have
completed a relevant legal qualification at level 2, or gained at
least three years’ work of a predominantly legal nature. Annual
subscription fees of £116 are payable.
Associate member – for those who
have completed their CILEx Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and
Practice, or who are graduates with Qualifying Law Degrees.
Associate members will be entitled to use the designatory
letters ACILEx after their name, and be required to undertake
8 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Annual
subscription fees of £164 are payable.
Graduate member – for
those who are Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Bar Professional
Training Course (BPTC) (formerly the Bar Vocational
Course BVC ) graduates. Graduate members will be entitled to use
the designatory letters GCILEx after their name, and be
required to undertake 12 hours of CPD per year. To register for the
first time the fee will be a total of £635 which includes the
registration, annual subscription and exemption fees, thereafter
the annual subscription fees of £195 are payable.
Graduate members who wish to go on to
become a qualified Chartered Legal Executive lawyer -
will need to satisfy the requirements for qualifying
employment.
Chartered Legal Executive
Lawyers – when you have successfully completed a period
of qualifying employment, you will become a fully qualified
Chartered Legal Executive lawyer and will be eligible to use the
term Chartered Legal Executive and use the designatory letters
FCILEx. You will be invited to attend the CILEx Graduation
ceremony. You will be required to undertake 16 hours of
CPD. Annual subscription fees of £290 are payable.
To be admitted you need to have:
- passed the CILEx Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and
Practice and the CILEx Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law
and Practice qualifications (or been exempted from them, or hold
equivalent qualifications);
- completed a minimum of five years’ employment experience in
legal work, including at least two consecutive years’ experience
which falls after completion of the CILEx Level 6 Professional
Higher Diploma in Law and Practice.
Other Fees
Discounted fees for eligible members outside of the main
membership grades:
Dual Qualified - £99 with
a Journal / £50 without a Journal
Non-Practising - £79
with a Journal / £30 without a Journal
Retired - £30 with a
Journal
Maternity/Paternity for up to 2
years - £50 with a Journal