CGQ Graduate Qualification

If you have a Law Degree, you can apply for the CGQ Graduate Qualification

This entails starting at the Advanced stage and completing the following elements:

  • 3 mandatory units for Working in Civil Litigation, Working in Criminal Practice & Introduction to Property, Private Client and Professional Skills
  • 1 Elective Advanced unit in your chosen specialist area
  • 2 ethics and professional responsibility e-learning units
  • Professional experience portfolio (optional)

This leads to the title of Trainee CILEX Lawyer (CILEX Advanced Paralegal) and is likely to take 18 – 24 months to complete. 

The next stage you could choose is to qualify as a CILEX Lawyer.

This involves completing the Professional stage comprising of:

  • Professional Skills work based project
  • 1 elective unit in your specialist area
  • Assessments
  • Professional Experience portfolio
  • Completion of an Advocacy course is also a requirement to achieve CILEX Lawyer status in the litigation pathways of Dispute Resolution/Civil Litigation; Family Litigation and Criminal Litigation.

This stage is likely to take 12 months.

If you would like to enquire about the CGQ Graduate Qualification, please complete our initial enquiry form from our FAQ page. 

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CILEX Professional Qualification

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Certificates in Legal Practice

Introductory qualifications in 3 choice areas

Certificate in Legal Practice

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