CILEX Level 6 Single Subject Certificate

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This qualification is suitable if you wish to specialise in a particular area whether law, practice or professional skills.

This qualification runs for one academic year and is best suited to you if you do not wish to qualify as a Legal Executive lawyer but do require recognition in a specific professional area of law and legal practice.

Single Unit(s) may be selected from the following Unit 6 suite of Law, Practice and Professional Skills options.

Course content

Level 6 Law Units*

CILEx Unit Specification Number	Unit Title
Unit 2	Law of Contract
Unit 3	Criminal Law
Unit 5	Equity and Trusts
Unit 6	European Union Law
Unit 9	Land Law
Unit 12	Public Law
Unit 13	Law of Tort
Unit 4	Employment Law
Unit 7	Family Law

Level 6 Practice Units*

CILEx Unit Specification Number	Unit Title
Unit 20	Family Practice
Unit 19	Employment Practice
Unit 15	Civil Litigation
Unit 17	Conveyancing
Unit 18	Criminal Litigation

*Due to student up-take, not all units may run each year

Level 6 Professional Skills Units on Offer

These are mandatory units and we recommend you take one in each year.

CILEx Unit Specification Number	Unit Title
Unit 22	Client Care Skills
Unit 23	Legal Research

In order to safe-guard against clashes, when making your selection of combination of Units, please note when Level 6 Units run.

Timetable

Please note this timetable may be subject to change. A finalised timetable will be posted by no later than 21 April 2012.

Time	Monday	Wednesday	Thursday
6-8pm	Conveyancing	Criminal Litigation	Employment Law
6-8pm	Civil Litigation	Law of Contract	Family Law
6-8pm	Criminal Law	Law of Tort	European Union Law
6-8pm	Public Law	Family Practice	Land Law
6-8pm	Equity and Trusts	Employment Practice
8-9pm	Client Care Skills	Client Care Skills
8-9pm		Legal Research

Fees

£700 (For each of Units 2 to 18)
£350 (For each of Unit 22 and 23 if taken in isolation).

In addition to paying our tuition fee, you will be required to pay CILEx (formerley known as ILEX):

• a registration fee;
• examination fee in respect of each exam/assessment you are sitting; and
• purchase the mandatory ITC manual in relation to each unit of CILEx study.

For full details, please contact CILEx direct on 01234 841 000.

Entry requirements

In order to qualify as a Legal Executive Lawyer, you must:

• be over 18 years old;
• have registered as a member with The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx);
• have registered with CILEx for entry to and have successfully passed the Level 3 Certificate and Diploma in Law and Practice examinations (equivalent to A Level standard) and either Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law and Practice examinations (equivalent to degree level standard) or Level 6 Graduate Fast-Track Diploma.

You will also need to complete five years qualifying employment. Specific details may be found on the CILEx website.

Please note that CILEx and not University of Westminster does allow certain exemptions in relation to previous studies. Please view the CILEx Exemptions Timetable and contact CILEx direct to see what exemptions you may qualify for.

Further information

If you have a query, please contact the Course Enquiries Office
T: +44 (0) 20 7911 5000
E: course-enquiries@westminster.ac.uk