Legal Executives are qualified lawyers specialising in a particular area of law. They will have passed the ILEX Professional Qualification in Law in an area of legal practice to the same level as that required of solicitors. They will have at least five years experience of working under the supervision of a solicitor in legal practice or the legal department of a private company or local/national government.
Fellows are issued with an annual practising certificate, and only Fellows of ILEX may describe themselves as 'Legal Executives'.
Specialising in a particular area of law, their day-to-day work is similar to that of a solicitor:
Legal Executives are fee earners - in private practice their work is charged directly to clients -making a direct contribution to the income of a law firm. This is an important difference between Legal Executives and other types of legal support staff who tend to handle work of a more routine nature.
The official trade publication for Legal Executives:
The Legal Executive
Journal of the Institute of Legal Executives. The only publication received by all members of ILEX containing topical issues, legal updates and legal jobs.
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Hanning - he was one of the 1st to qualify as a Legal Executive Advocate and he specialises in PI, Occupational Stress, Harassment & Bullying. Read the full interview with Nick Hanning, ILEX Lawyer and Advocate.
