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[DAII]

In Kal Boora's own words .... on becoming a Legal Executive:

The Legal Executive

This route does not require that you have a law degree or a non-law degree, but a law degree can be helpful since you can be eligible for exemptions from all the law papers in part one and part two. In order to qualify as a legal executive, should you wish to go that far, you are required to pass all papers, both law and practice in part one and part two, which incidentally has now been changed to ‘ILEX Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law’ for part one and for part two it is now called ‘ILEX Level 6 Professional Higher Diploma in Law.’(4)

Furthermore you are also required to have had five years of practical experience, prior to admission as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives. Only Fellows on the institute of Legal Executives can call themselves Legal Executives or British Lawyers. For those who seek admission from other jurisdictions, you can take the Institutes course by distance learning, or seek exemptions if you have comparable or equivalent English law or legal subject qualifications obtained within your jurisdiction. One thing that the Legal Executive Institute does it that it has been approved by the Law Society, so an individual wishing to pursue a career as a Solicitor can in fact come through the Legal Executive non-law or degree route (in reality you do not even need a law degree or non-law degree to become a solicitor).

For those jurisdictions, which engage in common law practice there again would I say that this is something that would be viewed in my opinion and understanding as something rather favorable. So in closing, we see that for those who wish to pursue admission in the UK, it may not seem that bad, since there are a lot of ways round the complicated system of things. Furthermore this also will serve credibility and justice to you as an individual and to your organization or law practice, in my personal view.

http://www.malet.com/MSG%202008/Path...%20England.htm


Perhaps there is a glitch in the ILEX system?
Hope ILEX gets back to me.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by DAII

In Kal Boora's own words .... on becoming a Legal Executive:



http://www.malet.com/MSG%202008/Path...%20England.htm


Perhaps there is a glitch in the ILEX system?
Hope ILEX gets back to me.

Got to love loopholes.

[Praxeas]

BTW....why would anyone call themselves "British Lawyer" as if being British makes them better?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by DAII

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Perhaps there is a glitch in the ILEX system?
Hope ILEX gets back to me.

I played around with that search and "Members Directory" that you linked to - with unsatisfactory results. I searched for "Boora" and came up with nothing.

However, I also plugged in the names "Jones" and "Smith" and only came up with members who were being "disciplined." I went back to the home page and navigated to the "search for disciplined members" page and got the same "members directory."

It would appear that some wires may be crossed at ILEX.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

BTW....why would anyone call themselves "British Lawyer" as if being British makes them better?

What is his native country? And can he be a lawyer there?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

BTW....why would anyone call themselves "British Lawyer" as if being British makes them better?

LOL. As Griff would say, "It all depends."

[Elizabeth]

Originally Posted by Cindy

Got to love loopholes.

So big one can drive right on through.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Cindy

What is his native country? And can he be a lawyer there?

It appears to be the U.K. And as it appears now - he is not a "lawyer" (because that term isn't used in the United Kingdom as it is used in the states) but he probably is a "Legal Executive" which seems to be the "poor man's" "Solicitor" across the Pond.

It's sort of like asking, "Who is the President of the United Kingdom?" Well, they obviously have no "President" but their "Prime Minister" serves a similar role. However, if you really want to get down to the brass tacks - the Prime Minister is really a different sort of critter altogether than our President - so they're not the same thing.

Long story short - there are no "lawyers" in the UK.

[DAII]

Originally Posted by pelathais

I played around with that search and "Members Directory" that you linked to - with unsatisfactory results. I searched for
"Boora" and came up with nothing.

However, I also plugged in the names "Jones" and "Smith" and only came up with members who were being "disciplined." I went back to the home page and navigated to the "search for disciplined members" page and got the same "members directory."

It would appear that some wires may be crossed at ILEX.

You may want to check by letter as well.

There is also a disciplined directory. Which perhaps you accessed.

I searched Singh got 2 names

[MrMasterMind]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

BTW....why would anyone call themselves "British Lawyer" as if being British makes them better?

More likely than not to point out subtlety that he is not licensed in the US.

IMHO it was a wise move, apparently one of the few he made lately.