Fellow of CILEX Qualifying Employment
To become a Fellow of CILEX you must complete at least 3 years
qualifying employment and meet the work based learning outcomes.
More information on these can be found
here. To be in qualifying employment you must be undertaking
duties that are wholly of a legal nature for at least 20 hours each
week. During your qualifying employment you must be employed
either:
(a) by an authorised person in private practice
(b) By an organisation where the employment is subject to
the supervision by an authorised person employed in duties of a
legal nature by that organisation
An authorised person is a person as defined by section 18 of the
Legal Services Act 2007.
You can start your qualifying employment before, during or after
your studies. Most CILEx students are either working in a legal
environment at the time that they start their studies, or obtain
employment as a trainee Legal Executive during their period of
studying. This may count towards CILEx's qualifying employment
requirements.
The final year of the three year period of qualifying employment
cannot be gained until you have achieved your academic
qualification, i.e. when you become a Graduate member of CILEx.
This means up to 2 of the 3 years qualifying employment may be
served concurrently with your studying. The 2 years' qualifying
employment immediately preceding your application for Fellowship
must be consecutive
Once you have completed your qualifying employment you will then
be able to apply to become a Fellow of CILEx and use the
designation FCILEx.
The application process for Fellowship is in 2 stages:
- Demonstration of the requisite period of qualifying
employment
- Assessment of competence through completion of a work based
learning logbook and portfolio of evidence
You are advised to register with the Membership department when
embarking on work based learning. At the point of registration, you
will be asked to complete a qualifying employment form. Full
details can be found here.