Qualification structure
Level 4 Competence qualification
The CILEx Level 4 Diploma in Providing Legal
Services consists of 27 units in total from which learners
must achieve a number of units totalling a minimum of 54 credits
(usually 12 units). Learners are assessed across a range of
business and management skills relevant to a legal services
employee working at this level within an organisation. These
include generic personal and interpersonal skills such as managing
own workload and communicating effectively with people. They also
include an understanding of ethical practice and the main
requirements of statutory and regulatory compliance.
Learners are also required to choose a number
of units, in consultation with their employer, which complement the
work they are doing and enhance their overall understanding of how
the legal organisation works. This could, depending on role and
interests, include aspects such as case management, legal research,
advising clients, but could also, depending on their
responsibilities at work, include managing teams and monitoring the
quality of individual and team working.
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.
Candidates must achieve a minimum of 54
credits.
Learners must complete:
- 6 mandatory units (28 credits) plus;
- a minimum of 18 credits from optional group 1
plus;
- a minimum of 8 credits from optional group 2
Mandatory Units
Unit
|
Credits
|
Comply with legal, organisational and
regulatory requirements in the provision of legal services
|
5
|
Equality and diversity
|
6
|
Communicate effectively with people
|
3
|
Plan and manage your own workload
|
2
|
Drafting legal documents
|
7
|
Provide legal advice to clients
|
5
|
Optional Group 1
Unit
|
Credits
|
Developing a specification for legal work to
be undertaken
|
4
|
Manage the financial considerations in
relation to legal matters
|
5
|
Prepare for financial transactions with or on
behalf of clients
|
5
|
Progress legal matters by conducting
research
|
6
|
Preparing cases for representation in formal
proceedings
|
5
|
Prepare file submissions for legal matters
|
4
|
Acting on behalf of clients in informal
proceedings
|
5
|
Acting on behalf of clients in formal
proceedings
|
7
|
Conclude legal matters
|
4
|
Optional Group 2
Unit
|
Credits
|
Manage Interviews
|
|
Managing interviews with legal advice
clients
|
3
|
Case Management
|
|
Managing personal legal advice caseload
|
5
|
Managing legal advice cases
|
5
|
Self and Team Management
|
|
Maintain and develop your own knowledge,
skills and competence
|
3
|
Work within your business environment
|
4
|
Contribute to the improvement of team
working
|
3
|
Plan, allocate and monitor work of a team
|
5
|
Provide leadership and direction for own area
of responsibility
|
5
|
Manage team and individual performance in
contact centre operations
|
5
|
Manage resource planning and improvement of
resource allocation in a contact centre
|
6
|
Business Development
|
|
Contribute to negotiations in a business
environment
|
7
|
Develop, negotiate and agree proposals to
offer services and products
|
6
|