CILEX Qualifications can help you and your organisation develop a stronger, more capable and future-ready legal workforce, particularly as the wider training landscape continues to shift.
The CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ), CILEX Graduate Qualification (CGQ) and the CILEX Level 6 Apprenticeship offer structured, work-integrated pathways that produce confident, competent and practice-ready legal professionals. These routes combine academic learning with real-world legal practice, ensuring that learners develop the technical knowledge, practical experience and specialist skills needed to succeed in the workplace from day one.
Stronger performance, with CPQ and CGQ learners achieving more than double the pass rate of SQE candidates.
Specialist, work-ready talent trained directly in areas such as litigation, conveyancing, private client, family and more.
Reliable progression with lower training risk and fewer resit-related delays or costs.
These routes give firms access to professionals who can generate value earlier and contribute meaningfully throughout their training.
Employees and employers have highlighted concerns about preparation demands, the impact of low SQE1 success rates, assessment breadth and overall learner experience.
Significantly higher completion and pass outcomes
Clear, structured stages with predictable progression
Practice-ready specialists, not generalists still needing post-qualification training
This means reduced risk for firms and a better return on training investment.
With the Solicitor Apprenticeship undergoing major change, employers are facing:
Longer and more uncertain completion timelines
Increased supervision and assessment pressure
Delays in achieving qualified status
Certainty in delivery and assessment
Practice Rights on completion
Direct workplace relevance from day one
A clear, efficient route to becoming a specialist lawyer
For firms wanting predictable, reliable progression, this stability is invaluable.
By adopting CPQ, CGQ or the CILEX Level 6 Apprenticeship, employers gain:
Qualified, practice-ready specialist lawyers
Higher success rates and reduced training risk
A more skilled, confident and independent workforce
Stronger retention through structured career pathways
These routes provide a dependable, high-performing alternative during a period of significant change in legal training.
Please let us know if you would like to discuss how these pathways can support your talent strategy or if you’d like information tailored to your organisation.