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Apply for a CLC Licence as a Cross-Qualifying Lawyer or Dual-Qualifying Authorised Person

 

The CLC encourages Cross-Qualifying lawyers and Dual-Qualifying Authorised Persons with relevant specialist experience to consider converting to CLC regulation. Cross-Qualifying Lawyers will enjoy the benefits of being an Authorised Person in terms of the Legal Services Act 2007. CLC Lawyers are regulated by a specialist regulator with a rule book tailored to Conveyancing and Probate practice.  

The tables below show the requirements for (A) Cross-Qualifying Lawyers and (B) Dual-Qualifying Authorised Persons seeking to become a CLC Lawyer.

A full year individual CLC licence is £400 and your first individual licence fee will be calculated on a pro rata basis. The standard fees apply, which includes £150.00 application fee and Screening Check Fee, which is under £100.

Applicants must hold a current and valid membership or practising certificate free from conditions and provide information about their most recent year’s CPD, which should support the licence type they are applying for (Conveyancing or Probate).

Applicants must evidence (at the point of applying) that they have met the CLC’s standard annual CPD requirements. This enables applicants to:

  1. Demonstrate their legal knowledge is up to date and comparable to CLC lawyers by providing evidence that they have maintained their technical legal knowledge as well as occupational experience relevant to the licence they intend to apply for; and
  2. Provide a copy of their most recent Training Record detailing the types of activities that that have completed to keep their legal, occupational, and professional skills up to date, such as, commercial CPD activities, employer led in-house training sessions and CLC webinars.

 

(A) Cross-Qualifying Lawyers:

LawyerNon-CLC Educational evidence

Eligibility of Past Qualifications
Additional CLC Educational requirements

Exemptions Guidance
Occupational Evidence

Eligibility Criteria for Practical Training
Additional CLC requirements

Guidance for Applicants
Fellows of CILEXLevel 6 CILEX Qualifications for Conveyancing and Advanced Commercial Property.

Education Certificates must be issued within the past 6 years to remain valid for exemptions.

See Eligibility of Past Qualifications
CLC/SQA Level 6 Unit:  

Managing the Office and Client Accounts.  
Statement of Practical Experience  or

Evidence of being currently
authorised as a CLC HoLP or
SRA COLP in a conveyancing
and/or probate practice or

A letter from your current/recent employer outlining the below:

a) Confirming continuous
Conveyancing and/or
Probate employment for a
minimum of 2 years

b) Scope of work carried out by the applicant
c) Legal & Technical
Competency

d) Professional Conduct

Regulatory, employment, financial and criminality screening. 
 
CPD evidence.
CILEX Members (Regulated Paralegals) Qualified at Level 6 (Non-Fellows)Level 6 CILEX Qualifications for Conveyancing and Advanced Commercial Property.

Education Certificates must be issued within the past 6 years to remain valid for exemptions.

See Eligibility of Past Qualifications
CLC/SQA Level 6 Unit:

Managing the Office and Client Accounts.  
Statement of Practical Experience  Regulatory, employment, financial and criminality screening.

CPD evidence.

You can download a PDF copy of this table here

 

 

 

(B) Dual-Qualifying Authorised Persons:

LawyerNon-CLC Educational evidence

Eligibility of Past Qualifications
Additional CLC Educational requirements

Exemptions Guidance
Occupational Evidence

Eligibility Criteria for Practical Training
Additional CLC requirements

Guidance for Applicants
Fellows of CILEx Lawyers with CILEx Practitioner Rights in Conveyancing and/or Probate     Level 6 CILEX Qualifications for Conveyancing and Advanced Commercial property.  

CILEX Regulation Practising Certificate for Fellowship and Practitioner Rights.
CLC/SQA Level 6 Unit:

Managing the Office and Client Accounts.
Evidence from CILEX that Practitioner Rights were awarded for Conveyancing and/or Probate.Regulatory, employment, financial and criminality screening.

CPD evidence.
Solicitors PRE-SQELPC Transcripts or if older than 6 years, the past 12 months CPD evidence.N/AStatement of Practical Experience  Regulatory, employment, financial and criminality screening.

CPD evidence.
Solicitors qualified through SQESQE Education Transcripts evidencing a Pass on Conveyancing and/or Probate related topics (exams)    CLC/SQA Level 6 Unit:

Managing the Office and Client Accounts.
Statement of Practical Experience  Regulatory, employment, financial and criminality screening.

CPD evidence.
Solicitors that obtained their Practising Rights through the Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme (QLTS) PRE-SQE

Legal Qualifications obtained Outside England and Wales
QLTS  – OSCE transfer documentation from the SRA    OSCE are required to complete each of the 3 units in the SQA Level 6 Diploma (Conveyancing or Probate Law and Practice).

Exemptions are limited to the two units:-

Unit. Conveyancing Law and Practice

Unit. Law of Will Succession and Grants of Representation

And only granted when the candidate has fully demonstrated to an approved Training Provider that they have passed equivalent assessments on an approved QLTS OSCE program.  
Statement of Practical Experience  Regulatory, employment, financial and criminality screening.

CPD evidence.

You can download a PDF copy of this table here

 

 

Adverse Disclosures and Information

Individuals that are subject to ongoing criminal investigation/action, regulatory disciplinary investigations, action or appeal processes with any enforcement or regulatory body are not able to pursue a licensing application until the outcome of the adverse event is known. This extends to:

1. Solicitors, FCILEx lawyers and/or FCA regulated Financial Controllers:

(a) with unspent suspensions/disqualifications.

(b) that have been removed from the Solicitors roll/CILEx or FCA register because of disciplinary findings and who have not yet had their licence reinstated.

2. Owners, Directors, Members, Partners, HoLP and HoFA of CLC regulated practices that have been formally notified that the practice is in continued non-compliance and/or subject to disciplinary allegations, investigations or proceedings are unable to pursue any licensing applications.