CILEX Level 6 Diploma in Law and Practice
In 2021, CILEX will be introducing a new qualification framework – the CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ). If you start studying a CILEX Level 6 qualification now, you will have until November 2026 to complete it.
However, you will have the right to transition to the CPQ framework at any time during this transition period. Details of which Level 6 units to complete, so that this transition can be as smooth as possible, can be found here.
The CILEX Level 6 Diploma in Law and Practice is the second
and final academic stage towards becoming a Chartered Legal
Executive lawyer. You can study at your own pace, but
the qualification should take you around two years to
complete.
Building on the CILEX Level 3 Diploma in Law and Practice,
students are required to demonstrate a broad and detailed
understanding of the law in three specific areas.
For one of these areas, the candidate must also demonstrate a
sound practical understanding of the legal practice that arises
from the law.
The candidate must also demonstrate the required level of
underpinning professional legal skills by undertaking two mandatory
Professional Skills units.
The structure of the qualification is as follows:
CILEX Level 6 Diploma in Law and
Practice
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1 Practice unit plus its linked Law unit + any
other 2 Law units + both Professional Skills units
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The final academic stage towards becoming a
Legal Executive. Completion of the qualification ensures candidates
are eligible to become members of CILEX.
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250 hours
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No Practice unit can be counted as achievement
towards the Level 6 Diploma in Law and Practice without the
candidate having also achieved the linked Law unit*. The following
table summarises the relationship between Law and Practice
units:
You must do the following Law unit
…
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… if you intend to do this Practice unit
…
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Unit 1 Company and Partnership Law
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Unit 16 The Practice of
Company and Partnership Law
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Unit 2 Contract Law or Unit
13 Law of Tort
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Unit 15 Civil
Litigation
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Unit 3 Criminal Law
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Unit 18 Criminal
Litigation
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Unit 4 Employment Law
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Unit 19 The Practice of
Employment Law
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Unit 7 Family Law
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Unit 20 The Practice of
Family Law
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Unit 9 Land Law
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Unit 17
Conveyancing
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Unit 14 Law of Wills and Succession
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Unit 21 Probate
Practice
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*It should be noted that this rule does not
affect those students wishing to take a Practice unit as a single
unit which is not towards the achievement of the Diploma
qualification.
For students wishing to dual qualify as
solicitors, CILEX level 6 qualifications have exemptions with the
SRA (Solicitors' Regulation Authority) for the Foundations of Legal
Knowledge subjects, and candidates achieving the Level 6 Diploma in
Law and Practice can use this qualification towards becoming a
solicitor.
Further information on the CILEX Level 6 Diploma in Law and Practice can be found on the Register of Regulated Qualifications website.
There are numerous specialist pathways for studying law, and developing legal careers in different fields of law, to suit the needs of the individual and legal sector. You can find a selection of example pathways for different specialist legal practice areas by following this link.