Legal executive

Chartered Legal Executive
Occupation
Occupation type
Profession
Activity sectors
Law
Description
CompetenciesInterpersonal skills, analytical mind, critical thinking, commercial sense
Education required
Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Legal Practice Course
Fields of
employment
Law firm, Government Legal Service, in-house
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Solicitor
Barrister
Notary public
Paralegal
Legal assistant
Legal secretary

Legal executives are a kind of trained legal professional in certain jurisdictions. They often specialise in a particular area of law. A legal executive usually receives both vocational training (a minimum of 3 years for those in England and Wales) and academic training.

Legal executives are associated with different membership bodies and different rights according to geographical regions. Legal executives are recognised in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Bahamas. There is no direct equivalent to a legal executive in Scotland. In England and Wales they hold chartered status and are members of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX).