Membership Grades and Fees
CILEx offers the following membership
categories, which you can join according to your experience and
qualifications held. You can register to study with CILEx 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 CILEx 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 CILEx 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 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 a qualified Chartered Legal Executive lawyer -
will need to satisfy the requirements for qualifying
employment.
Chartered Legal Executive Lawyers –
when you have successfully completed a period of qualifying
employment, you will become a fully qualified Chartered Legal
Executive lawyer and will be eligible to use the term Chartered
Legal Executive and use the designatory letters F.Inst.L.Ex. You
will be invited to attend the CILEx Graduation ceremony. You
will be required to undertake 16 hours of CPD. Annual
subscription fees of £275 (subject to confirmation) are
payable.
To be admitted you need to have:
- passed the CILEx Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and
Practice and the CILEx 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 CILEx 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