Chartered Legal Executive (Fellow)
A Chartered Legal Executive is an authorised person as defined in the Legal Services Act 2007 who is a qualified and regulated professional. A Chartered Legal Executive has met CRL’s knowledge, skills and experience requirements and has been authorised to use the title Chartered Legal Executive (FCILEX).
Applicants can apply through either the Legacy route (follows the older Fellowship model and is being phased out), or the New Education Standards route (integrates qualification and practice rights into one specialist pathway).
Find out more –
Legacy route (for applications up to and including 31 December 2027)
OR
Practice Rights
Gaining Practice Rights means that you can undertake reserved/regulated activities without the need to be directed or supervised by an authorised person.
Existing Chartered Legal Executives can seek authorisation for Independent Practice Rights in specific areas of law:
- Dispute resolution (Civil Litigation)
- Criminal litigation
- Family litigation
- Conveyancing
- Immigration
- Probate
Rights of Audience and Higher Rights of Audience
Rights of Audience (also referred to as Advocacy Practice Rights or Becoming a Chartered Legal Executive Advocate), is a reserved legal activity under the Legal Services Act 2007.
A CILEX Fellow cannot undertake Advocacy without supervision of an authorised person until they obtain authorisation for Rights of Audience.
Apprentices
Find out your options for authorisation as a Chartered Legal Executive following the CILEX Apprenticeship route.
