Membership grades and fees

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.

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Membership Registration Grades and Fees 2020 

CILEX Membership Subscription - fees update 

From 23 August 2019 CILEX membership subscription fees have changed to the following:
CILEX Membership Subscriptions  Applicable from 23/08/2019 
 Student  £96
 Affiliate £132
 Associate £204 
 Graduate £240
 Fellow £364

Membership Registration Grades and Fees

Note: There will be a one-off initial registration fee of £40 (non-refundable) which is payable in addition to the below fees. The CILEX subscription year runs from 1 January to 31 December each year. Depending on when you join during the membership year the membership fee will be calculated on a pro-rata basis from the month of registration to 31 December.


 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.  
 To register for the first time as a Student, the fee will be:
• £40 registration fee
• and applicable membership fee

Annual subscription fees of £96 are payable.
Affiliate Member*
  For those with at least one CILEX level 3 or 4 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.
 To register for the first time as an Affiliate, the fee will be:
• £40 registration fee
• and applicable membership fee

Annual subscription fees of £132 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.  

CPD requirement -  8 Hours CPD and 1 planned professionalism outcome.

  Annual subscription fees of £204 are payable.

To register for the first time through the Graduate Fast-Track Route, the fee will be:
• £40 registration fee
• £200 Exemption fee
• and applicable membership fee
Graduate Member*
 For those who have completed both their CILEX Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice
and their CILEX Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law and Practice; our Graduate Fast-track Diploma;
or who are Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Bar Professional Training Course (formerly the Bar Vocational
Course or BVC) graduates. Graduate members will be entitled to use the designatory letters GCILEX after
their name. 

CPD requirement -  9 CPD outcomes. Please note at least 5 of your 9 CPD outcomes must be planned with at least 1 of the 5 planned outcomes being in professionalism.

Graduate members who wish to go on to become a qualified Chartered Legal Executive Lawyer should view our Getting Qualified page.

  Annual subscription fees of £240 are payable.

To register for the first time through the Graduate Entry Route, the fee will be:
• £40 registration fee
• £400 Exemption fee
• and applicable membership fee
 Fellow Member*
 For those who have completed the academic stage of training, been in qualifying employment for at least 3 years (of which at least one must be in the Graduate membership grade of CILEX) and have met the Work Based Learning outcomes.

CPD requirement -  9 CPD outcomes. Please note at least 5 of your 9 CPD outcomes must be planned with at least 1 of the 5 planned outcomes being in professionalism.

                                                                                                                                                                

 Annual subscription fees of £364 are payable.

  • The Day One Outcomes function as a competence framework for Fellows of CILEX. They set out the knowledge, skills and experience which you must demonstrate before you can be admitted as a Chartered Legal Executive. The CILEX examinations, qualifying employment and work based learning that you undertake will enable you to satisfy the requirements of the Day One Outcomes

Discounted fees for eligible members outside of the main membership grades

 
Dual Qualified*  
   
If you are a qualified member of another legal professional body i.e. Law Society, Council of Licenced Conveyancers etc, you may apply for the Dual Qualified rate.
Please note Fellows will not be issued with a Practising Certificate if granted with the Dual Qualified rates.
   		£99 with a Journal / £50 without a Journal
 

Non-Practising*  		   
If you are not working within a law environment or the work you undertake is not of a legal nature you may apply for the following reduced subscription rate. The non-practising grade of membership is not available during the first 12 months of membership
   		£79 with a Journal / £30 without a Journal
 
Retired*     		    
If you have retired you are eligible for this grade of membership
   		£30 with a Journal

Maternity/ 
Paternity Grade*		   
You may be in this grade of up to 2 years
   		£50 with a Journal

*It is the responsibility of the member to ensure that they are in the appropriate grade at all times. We are therefore unable to offer any refunds for retrospective membership subscription fees.