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We do not provide training
ourselves. This allows us to recommend other people's courses to
you based on quality and relevance.
If you are a training
provider and would like us to consider accrediting your courses
then please click here.
There are four different
categories of recommended course:
Mandatory
courses (for the Route to Qualification)
Approved
courses (for the Route to Qualification)
Recognised
training providers
Accredited
CPD providers
We recommend
that before buying any course you undertake your own research to
first ensure that it is suitable. The questions you need to ask
are:
- Are the
topics you cover relevant to you?
- Is the
course academic or practical in nature?
- How exactly
will it help you achieve your goals?
- Will
employers have heard of the course and recognise/value it?
- How long
will it last and how long will you have to complete it (not always
the
same thing!)?
- What
is the course focus (introductory, update, consideration of single
issue, etc.)?
- What
level is the course taught at (A level, undergraduate, Level 3
etc)?
- What
does it cost?
- What
is the method of delivery (distance learning, face-to-face, workbook
or
online etc)?
- What
is the method of assessment (if any) and where will any assessment
be
held?
- What
qualification (if any) do you receive and is it a recognised qualification?
- Is there
tutor support, if so, how and how often?
- What
is the minimum amount of time you need to devote to study each
week?
- How much
prior legal knowledge are you expected to have?
- How often
are the course materials updated to reflect changes in the law?
1.
Mandatory Courses (for the Route to Qualification)
If you are following the
career path for professional paralegals (called the Route
to Qualification) then to achieve the fourth (and final) stage
of the Route you have to successfully complete a Mandatory Course
(the other three stages can be achieved by work experience alone).
The Mandatory Courses
are offered via distance learning by The Bristol Law School at the
University of the West of England ("UWE").
UWE runs Mandatory Courses
in:
Civil litigation practice
Commercial property practice
Company law practice
Debt recovery practice
Employment law practice
Family law & practice
Personal injury practice
Residential conveyancing practice
Wills, probate and administration practice
To download the course
brochure (in PDF format) please click
here.
If you cannot open PDF
documents, download a free PDF reader by clicking
here.
To view the Central Law
Training paralegal web-site about the UWE courses please click
here
2.
Approved Courses (for the Route to Qualification)
If you are
following the career path for professional paralegals (called the
Route to Qualification)
then you can join the career fast-track if you have successfully
completed an Approved Course.
The Approved
Courses are:
For
all members:
UK law degree (Hons)
Edexcel Level 3 BTEC
Advanced Diploma in Paralegal Work
ILEX Level 3 Certificates
in Law and Practice
ILEX Level 3 Professional
Diploma in Law and Practice
ILEX Level 6 Professional
Higher Diploma in Law
The Bar Vocational Course/Bar
Professional Training Course
The Legal Practice Course
If you are looking to do
a course, then we recommend the Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Advanced Diploma
in Paralegal Work - which we think is the best paralegal course
available in the country at present at the introductory level. Practice
areas covered by the courses are:
Child care
Civil litigation
Commercial conveyancing
Company law
Criminal litigation
Debt recovery
Family practice
Personal injury
Residential conveyancing
Software contracts
Wills and probate
For more information on
the above eleven Approved Courses please click
here.
For Hong Kong members
only (in addition to the 'all members' list above):
A Hong Kong law degree
A Law Society of Hong
Kong approved Legal Executive course
A Hong Kong or Australian law degree
Associate of Arts in Legal Studies run by Hong Kong University
("HKU")
The Diploma in Legal Studies run by HKU
Executive Diploma in Asset Recovery Law, Fraud Control and Receivable
Management run by HKU
Executive Diploma/Certificate in Legal Risk for Enterprise Risk
Management run by HKU
Higher Diploma for Legal Executives programme run by HKU
Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Risk Management run by HKU
Postgraduate Diploma in Finance and Law run by HKU
For International
members only (in addition to the 'all members' list above):
A law degree from your
local jurisdiction
3.
Recognised Training Providers
The following
training providers all run non-CPD courses suitable for paralegals
and have asked us to vet and recognise them. We recommend them to
you:
Beyond
the Brief
Executive coaching and
mentoring
Cayman
Paralegal
Cayman Island paralegal
training provider
Land
Registry
Property law related
training
Online
Training College
Online legal secretarial
and paralegal courses
Ox.Ed.Ex
The Certificate in Business
Law --CBL-- takes place over 6 months. Central to the programme
is an intensive seminar which usually takes place at the Oxford
& Cambridge Club in the heart of London's Pall Mall. For International
students we will deliver this via live and interactive webcast.
The modules covered are the Introduction to the English Legal
System, Contract Law and the Law of Tort (note that these are
equivalent to LLB law modules).
On joining the student receives the following materials for each
module: Unique my account section for tracking progress, Digital
Textbook, 10 x 20 minute Video Lectures, Q &A Materials, Multiple
Choice Exams.
STL
Training School
Outdoor clerking
Trans-Atlantic
College
A college which offers
a variety of courses for paralegals
University
of Hong Kong
Hong Kong law provider
offering a variety of courses for paralegals
University
of Huddersfield Law School
Offers
a foundation degree in paralegal practice
University
of Portsmouth School of Law
Offers
a qualifying law degree also potentially leading to an Institute
qualification: the IoP Certificate in Advisory Practice
4.
Accredited CPD Providers
The following training
providers are accredited by the Institute for CPD purposes:
Central
Law Training
Probably the largest
legal training company, offering a wide variety of CPD courses
for paralegals
City
University London, Law School
The City Law School
runs legal skills courses for solicitors, accountants, healthcare
practitioners and other professionals.
CPDcast
CPD by audio pod casts
Kaplan
Altior
CPD from a major legal
training provider
Law South
CPD
offered by a group of solicitors firms working collaboratively
Legal
Training TV
Cutting
edge online CPD
Management
Forum
Management Forum's Legal
and Intellectual Property seminar portfolio encapsulates the constantly
changing nature of the Legal and IP Industries with a wealth of
knowledge transfer and networking opportunities covering Contract
Law, International Sports Law, Confidentiality Agreements and
Patent Administration to name but a few.
Utilising over 25 years of experience, Management Forum produce
seminars that tackle a host of topics and challenges, and, as
always, the quality of the speaker panels are everything you would
expect from the authority in professional conferences
MBL
Seminars
A wide
variety of CPD courses for both paralegals and solicitors
Progressive
Legal
A wide
variety of CPD courses for both paralegals and solicitors
University
of Cambridge
Cambridge runs a variety
of distance learning law courses suitable for paralegals.
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