ILEX Advocacy - Civil

Course Details

This is the new training course that Fellows of ILEX must attend if they want to obtain extended rights of audience in civil proceedings. Successful candidates will obtain the Civil Proceedings Certificate and be entitled to use the designation 'Legal Executive Advocate'.

Essential details
This is a six-day course, split into two blocks of three days over a period of three weeks. The advocacy assessment will be on the final day but delegates will also need to pass a short written evidence assessment during the course.

Trainers: Andrew Shanahan, Richard Stone and Karen Spooner.

Introduction
This is the ILEX advocacy skills training course under the exciting new ILEX Advocacy Qualification Scheme.

Fellows and Members of ILEX must attend and successfully complete the course in the relevant practice area if they wish to obtain Extended
Rights of Audience in either family, criminal or civil proceedings.

It will be possible to obtain extended rights of audience in more than one subject. Fellows wishing to do so should first successfully complete the course and obtain an Advocacy Certificate in their specialist area of work. You can later apply to ILEX to add further Certificates in other subjects. ILEX will decide what further training and assessments you are required to complete.

If you are a Member of ILEX, you can attend the course and take the assessments, but you can only be granted an Advocacy Certificate once you have been admitted as a Fellow.

What are the benefits?
If you successfully complete the course in your chosen specialist subject (family, criminal or civil proceedings) you can gain:

• An Advocacy Certificate and the right to use the title “Legal Executive Advocate”
• Extended Rights of Audience in your chosen practice area, including:

- Family: to appear in court in all County Court family proceedings
- Criminal: to appear in the adult Magistrates’ Court and the Youth Court
- Civil: to appear in the County Court in all actions except family proceedings

Programme includes

The family, criminal and civil courses will each include materials and training relevant only to the specialist area of work, but they are all likely to cover some common topics including:

• Interviewing skills
• Oral presentations
• Case analysis
• Interim applications/submissions
• Drafting
• Trial advocacy
• Negotiation
• Evidence and procedure
• Professional ethics

Format
The training course will run over six days. Around halfway through the course, delegates will need to sit a short written evidence assessment
relevant to their particular specialism. On the final day, they will also need to undertake an advocacy assessment based on clear criteria that will be explained to them during the course.

Delegates will choose to specialise in one of the following:

• Family Proceedings
• Criminal Proceedings
• Civil Proceedings

Groups will be strictly limited in size to ensure training remains interactive and each delegate receives adequate feedback and assistance from the trainer. Delegates will follow practical case-studies, learn in trainer-guided sessions and take part in role-play exercises to ensure they have every chance to develop their advocacy skills and associated knowledge in their chosen subject before the assessments.

Delegates will be provided with relevant course materials.