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#Paralegal Training

We offer the CLT Specialist Paralegal Qualification in the main areas of legal practice – each qualification provides an A-Z in legal practice and procedures designed to train individuals to be competent and credible in processing, fee-earning and client facing. There are no entry requirements whatsoever.

In each area, we also offer an introductory programme – the BTEC Online Diploma - for those new to a legal discipline with no previous experience, to build confidence before progression to the full CLT Specialist Paralegal Qualification.

Full course materials are provided online (and available by hard copy where preferable) on registration at no additional cost, and students do not need to purchase any additional materials. All costs – registration, materials, assessment and certification – are included in the course fee, which can be paid over monthly instalments at no additional cost .

We also regularly provide customised training to groups of legal support staff on-site or through blended learning; additional content available on request, provided as part of existing materials, and deliverable by interactive or recorded online video webinar sessions if necessary.

There are no registration dates – the qualifications and customised training packages are available as and when training needs arise. Students complete the course and attain the qualifications as quickly as they want to, simply by working through the materials and completing course work.

We pride ourselves on delivering effective solutions to training needs in timescales that suit employers and individuals.

Why  choose CLT?

We have been delivering top class training to better equip paralegals and legal support teams for twenty years, working with strategic academic partners to provide industry leading skills and knowledge programmes in subject specific disciplines.

We are the preferred training partner of the Institute of Paralegals (IOP) the representative professional body for the UK paralegal profession. Our highly skilled graduates are entitled to become Qualified Paralegals, attaining the designation Q. Inst. Pa. in recognition of their specialist training and professional expertise.

There are over 10,000 past graduates of CLT’s paralegal portfolio, and we have worked with thousands of firms of all shapes and sizes, from assisting with training for secretaries working in high street sole practitioner’s to large support teams in ABS Firms, top 50 law firms and throughout the public and private sectors.

I would hire someone who has completed a CLT Specialist Paralegal Qualification over a law graduate any day of the week. The law graduate has learnt academic theory, the CLT applicant has learnt real law, practice and procedure which can be used from day one. That's why we also recommend the courses to law graduates .

James O'Connell, Head of Policy, Institute of Paralegals

Testimonials

Now that I have qualified, I have taken on files which would otherwise have been dealt with by solicitors. Passing this course has helped me so much in knowledge and confidence. The course has clarified points and trained me into thinking about and dealing with situations in a different way. My confidence continues to grow!

Vicky Karthauser, Paralegal, Cozens-Hardy LLP