In Kal Boora's own words .... on becoming a Legal Executive:
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The Legal Executive
This route does not require that you have a law degree or a non-law degree, but a law degree can be helpful since you can be eligible for exemptions from all the law papers in part one and part two. In order to qualify as a legal executive, should you wish to go that far, you are required to pass all papers, both law and practice in part one and part two, which incidentally has now been changed to ‘ILEX Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law’ for part one and for part two it is now called ‘ILEX Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law.’(4)
Furthermore you are also required to have had five years of practical experience, prior to admission as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives. Only Fellows on the institute of Legal Executives can call themselves Legal Executives or British Lawyers. For those who seek admission from other jurisdictions, you can take the Institutes course by distance learning, or seek exemptions if you have comparable or equivalent English law or legal subject qualifications obtained within your jurisdiction. One thing that the Legal Executive Institute does it that it has been approved by the Law Society, so an individual wishing to pursue a career as a Solicitor can in fact come through the Legal Executive non-law or degree route (in reality you do not even need a law degree or non-law degree to become a solicitor).
For those jurisdictions, which engage in common law practice there again would I say that this is something that would be viewed in my opinion and understanding as something rather favorable. So in closing, we see that for those who wish to pursue admission in the UK, it may not seem that bad, since there are a lot of ways round the complicated system of things. Furthermore this also will serve credibility and justice to you as an individual and to your organization or law practice, in my personal view.
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http://www.malet.com/MSG%202008/Path...%20England.htm
Perhaps there is a glitch in the ILEX system?
Hope ILEX gets back to me.
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