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Membership Grades and Fees

ILEX offers the following membership categories, which you can join according to your experience and qualifications held.  You can register to study with ILEX at any time of the year and this has been made easier by a new online membership application service.

Membership Registration Grades and Fees 2011/2012

Note:  There will be a one-off initial registration fee of £35 which is payable in addition to the below fees.

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. Annual subscription fees of £50 are payable.

Affiliate member – for those with at least one ILEX level 3 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. Annual subscription fees of £110 are payable.

Associate member – for those who have completed their ILEX 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 A.Inst.L.Ex after their name, and be required to undertake 8 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Annual subscription fees of £155 are payable.

Graduate member – for those who have completed both their ILEX Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice and their ILEX Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law and Practice (or the ILEX Graduate 'Fast-Track' Diploma), or who are Legal Practice Course (LPC) or  Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)  (formerly the Bar Vocational Course BVC ) graduates. Graduate members will be entitled to use the designatory letters G.Inst.L.Ex after their name, and be required to undertake 12 hours of CPD per year. To register for the first time the fee will be a total of £620 which includes the registration, annual subscription and exemption fees, thereafter the annual subscription fees of £185 are payable.

Graduate members who wish to go on to become a Fellow of ILEX - a qualified legal executive lawyer -  will need to satisfy the requirements for qualifying employment.

Fellows – when you have successfully completed a period of qualifying employment, you will become a Fellow of ILEX, a qualified lawyer and will be eligible to use the term Legal Executive and use the designatory letters F.Inst.L.Ex. You will be invited to attend the ILEX Graduation ceremony. Fellows are required to undertake 16 hours of CPD. Annual subscription fees of £275 (subject to confirmation) are payable.

To be admitted as a Fellow you need to have:

  • passed the ILEX Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice and the ILEX Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law and Practice qualifications (or been exempted from them, or hold equivalent qualifications);
  • completed a minimum of five years’ employment experience in legal work, including at least two consecutive years’ experience which falls after completion of the ILEX Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law and Practice.

Other Fees

Discounted fees for eligible members outside of the main membership grades:

Dual Qualified  -  £99 with a Journal / £50 without a Journal 

Non-Practising  -  £79 with a Journal / £30 without a Journal 

Retired  -  £30 with a Journal

Maternity/Paternity for up to 2 years  -  £50 with a Journal