CILEx Members

CILEx Membership Grade

Academic Transfer Requirements

CILEx Legacy Route

Associate Member (ACILEx)

ACILEx Members with a law degree can progress straight onto the SQA Level 6 Diploma (Conveyancing or Probate).

ACILEx Members with a CILEx Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice, must complete SQA Level 4 Units: Standard Conveyancing Transactions OR Law of Wills, Succession and Grants of Representation, plus the relevant Accounts unit.

Then complete the SQA Level 6 Diploma.

Graduate Member (GCILEx)

GCILEx Members, with CILEx professional exams in Conveyancing/Probate, can progress straight onto the SQA Level 6 Diploma.

GCILEx Members that have also passed the CILEx Level 6 modules: Land Law or Conveyancing or Law of Wills and Succession or Probate Law, within the past 6 years, may be eligible to claim a further unit exemption for these modules.

Please verify this with a training provider. 

CILEx Fellow (FCILEx)

FCILEx Members must complete two units in the SQA Level 6 Diploma. These include:

(1) Managing Client and Office Accounts; and

(2) Landlord and Tenant.

FCLIEX Members that have also passed the CILEx Level 6 module, Advanced Commercial Property Law, in the past 6 years can claim a further exemption to SQA Level 6 Unit: Landlord and Tenant.

FCILEx Practitioner (CILEx Lawyer)

FCILEx Conveyancing and Probate Practitioners must complete the SQA Level 6 Unit: Managing Office and Client Accounts (Conveyancing or Probate).

CILEx Practitioner (CILEx Lawyer)

CILEx Practitioners without prior legal qualifications must complete the SQA Level 4 Unit: Land Law, and also the SQA Level 6 Diploma to achieve the CLC's academic standards.

CILEx CPQ Route

CPQ Foundation Stage

(CILEx Paralegal)

Paralegals that have achieved the CPQ Foundation Stage need only to complete the below SQA Level 4 Units:

(1) Standard Conveyancing Transactions; and

(2) Understanding Accounting Procedures for Conveyancing Transactions

OR

(1) Law of Wills, Succession and Grants of Representation; and

(2) Understanding Accounting Procedures for Probate Transactions

Then complete the SQA Level 6 Diploma.

CPQ Advanced Stage

(CILEx Advanced Paralegal)

Advanced Paralegals that have achieved the CPQ Advanced Stage including the optional module: Conveyancing or Private Client, must complete the SQA Level 4 Unit: Understanding Accounting Procedures (Conveyancing or Probate).

Then complete the SQA Level 6 Diploma.

CPQ Professional Stage

(CILEx Lawyer)

CILEx Lawyers that have achieved CPQ Professional Stage including the optional module: Private Client, need to complete the SQA Level 6 Unit: Managing Client and Office Accounts (Probate).

CILEx Lawyers that have achieved CPQ Professional Stage including the optional module: Residential Conveyancing, need to complete the SQA Level 6 Units:

(1) Managing Client and Office Accounts (Conveyancing); and

(2) Landlord and Tenant