Am I eligible for Exemptions?

Anyone with a Law Degree obtained in England and Wales can usually progress straight to the Level 6 Diploma.

If you hold an LPC, or CLC or CILEx Level 6 legal qualification awarded less than 6 years on the date your application is submitted, please check the published exemption guidance for the CLC’s current academic licensing requirements.

If you hold an LPC, or CLC or CILEx Level 6 legal qualifications awarded more than 6 years ago on the date your application is submitted, (and you have never been granted a licence by CILEX Regulation, the SRA or the CLC), then, you must pass the Level 6 Diploma in Conveyancing Law and Practice or Level 6 Diploma Probate Law and Practice to evidence that your academic knowledge is at the current CLC minimum for a first qualifying licence application.

Please see the links below:

I have other legal qualifications
Information on how to claim exemptions with external legal qualifications.

I have a legal qualifications obtained outside of England and Wales
Please read the CLC’s Recognition Legal Qualifications obtained outside of England and Wales.

UK Centre for Professional Qualifications (UKCPQ)

UKCPQ no longer provides an advisory service for regulated professions on behalf of the UK Government, following the end of the contract on 31st December 2023. Professionals are now directed to the Regulated Professions Register (RPR) to verify the CLCs requirements for Lawyers and trainees with legal qualifications obtained outside of England and Wales.