Qualification structure
Level 3 Competence qualifications
Please note that no new learners are being accepted onto the Level 3 Competence Qualifications, as these qualifications are being withdrawn (603/0122/3, 601/0275/5).
The CILEx Level 3 Diploma in Providing Legal Services consists
of 22 units in total from which learners must achieve a total of at
least 39 credits. This includes:
- 7 mandatory units to gain 22 credits;
- a minimum of 15 credits from
optional group 1, with a maximum of 5 credits at
Level 4;
- a minimum of 2 credits from optional
group 2
The Mandatory units represent
core business, ethical, functional and personal skills. These units
are mandatory because they focus on the essential understandings
and skills necessary to undertake a role in a modern legal
workplace.
The units in Optional Group 1
represent key legal function areas and learners will choose units
from this group which best reflect the functions of their role. The
key elements of handling and progressing a legal matter to a
conclusion are included as well as opportunities for learners to
move beyond Level 3 into more challenging Level 4 skills.
The units in Optional Group 2
represent relevant areas of transferrable skills development that
the learner and employer consider important to an individual and/or
a role in the legal workplace.
The qualification is assessed at work through
the production of a portfolio of evidence. The portfolio of
evidence is assessed by a qualified assessor and verified by a
CILEx external verifier.
The competence units are detailed below:
Mandatory Units
|
Unit Title
|
Level
|
Credits
|
|
Business and ethics for the legal sector
|
3
|
4
|
|
Comply with legal, organisational and regulatory
requirements in the provision of legal services
|
3
|
3
|
|
Plan and manage your own workload
|
3
|
2
|
|
Draft Legal Documents using precedents
|
3
|
5
|
|
Manage files for legal matters
|
3
|
3
|
|
Receive, transmit, store and retrieve
information
|
2
|
2
|
|
Communicate effectively with people maintaining
the security of information
|
3
|
3
|
Optional group 1 - Legal Functions
|
Unit Title
|
Level
|
Credits
|
|
Manage financial considerations in relation to
legal matters
|
4
|
5
|
|
Prepare for financial transactions in relation
to legal matters
|
4
|
5
|
|
Preparing cases for representation in formal
proceedings
|
4
|
5
|
|
Acting on behalf of clients in informal
proceedings
|
4
|
5
|
|
Process clients’ instructions and plan legal
work
|
3
|
4
|
|
Provide documents for legal matters
|
3
|
3
|
|
Conclude legal matters
|
3
|
3
|
|
Communicating with legal advice clients
|
2
|
3
|
|
Providing legal advice to clients
|
3
|
5
|
|
Conduct research to progress legal matters
|
3
|
5
|
Optional group 2 Transferrable Functions
|
Unit Title
|
Level
|
Credits
|
|
Equality and Diversity
|
3
|
6
|
|
Maintain and develop your own knowledge, skills
and competence
|
3
|
3
|
|
Ensure your own actions reduce risks to health
and safety
|
3
|
2
|
|
Contribute to the quality of team working
|
3
|
3
|
|
Managing interviews with legal advice
clients
|
3
|
3
|