Legal Services, Crime, Employment, CJS

What will I study?

T Levels are qualifications that follow GCSEs and are equivalent to three A Levels. T Levels combine classroom theory and practical learning, and are made up of the following:

• Technical Qualification: the substantial component of your course.

• Industry placement: of at least 315 hours (approximately 45 days) with an employer to make sure you have authentic experience of the workplace.

What is the legal services industry?

In the UK the legal sector is worth approximately £60 billion, with over 12,000 organisations and just under 21 million employees, plus approximately 15,000 self-employed barristers. The UK’s legal sector supports trade and commerce around the world.

Legal services are essential to the UK’s future as a global, outward-looking, free-trading nation. In an ever-changing environment, they are leading the way in transforming how international businesses operate.

Roles vary within the profession; from small high street legal firms to larger/national corporate firms, local authorities, social welfare, and criminal justice.

All careers in legal services require good communication skills, time management, attention to detail, and an ability to analyse the law.

Who course for?

This course is ideal if you are intending to progress directly to employment within the legal services sector in roles such as a business assistant in legal services function, Executive Officer (EO) Caseworker, to a legal services related apprenticeship, or to further studies in legal services.

What does this course cover?

The content is split into a core component that has been created for this T Level Technical Qualification in Legal Services and the Legal Services, Crime & Employment specialism.

The core component covers the following topics:

• The business environment

• Careers

• Regulation

• Professionalism and ethics

• Security and risk

• Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Professional services

• Fundamentals of law

• Fundamentals of financial accounting

• Technology

• Data driven innovation/analytics and design thinking

• Research skills

• Project/change management and administration

• The legal services sector.

As part of this Technical Qualification, you will also enhance your broader skills in literacy and numeracy, which will be valuable in supporting progression in other areas.

In addition, you will develop transferable technical and practical skills in communication (working with colleagues, customers and clients), research and project work, providing you with an opportunity to demonstrate your reflective practice by suggesting alternative approaches to a problem.

How will I be assessed?

The core component will be assessed by two exams and an employer set project. Your choice of occupational specialism will allow you to develop the relevant skills in preparation for your career in the legal services sector. The occupational specialism is assessed by a project that is created in conjunction with employers. 

What will this lead to?

What could this Technical Qualification lead to?

Achieving this Technical Qualification will provide several progression options. These include:

Skilled employment: Legal services roles such as Business Assistant in a legal services function, or an EO Caseworker. An Apprenticeship in:

• Paralegal

• Level 4 Conveyancing Technician

• Level 4 Probate Technician

• CILEX Professional Qualifications Higher level study: Higher Technical Qualification (HTQ). Like T Levels, HTQs are developed in consultation with employers. They are qualifications at levels 4 and 5 and prepare you for occupations at these levels.

Degree related programmes:

• Law

• Criminology

• Business Studies

Like many degree programmes, there are a spectrum of entry requirements for Law, ranging from a purely tariff-based offer to highly selective HEIs, which may also require students to sit an entrance exam, e.g., the Law National Aptitude Test (LNAT).

The T Level also aids progression to related degree areas, including Criminology and numerous Business-related degrees. Students are strongly recommended to check individual entry requirements prior to making an application.

Entry Requirements

Entry Level Courses:
Skills for Life & Work/Preparing for Adulthood

No formal qualifications are required for this course.
These courses are specifically designed for learners with a Special Educational Need (SEND).

Entry Level: Skills & Employability

No formal qualifications are required for this course.

Full Time ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
No formal qualifications are required for this course.
Full Time GCSE Re-sit Study Course

GCSE Grade 2 or 3 in Maths and English and / or Sciences.
Full Time Level 1 Course

Entry Level qualification or 2 GCSE's at grades 2 or below (E or below)
Full Time Level 2 Course

4 GCSEs at grade 3 or Vocational Level 1 in relevant subject area.

*GCSE Grade 4 or above in Maths is required for the courses below:

• Accounting

• Electrical

• Plumbing

Full time Level 3 Course

5 GCSEs at Grade 4-9 including English or Maths (Functional Skills Level 2 English or Maths will be accepted).

OR

Vocational Level 2 plus Grade 4-9 GCSE English or Maths (Functional Skills Level 2 English or Maths will be accepted).

*A Vocational Level 2 is required for the following courses:

• Accounting

• All Construction Subjects

• Hair & Beauty Subjects

• Applied Science

T Level Foundation (Level 2)

4 GCSE Grade 3 including English and Math's (or Functional Skills Level 1 in English and Math's)

T Levels

5 GCSEs at Grade 4-9 including English and Maths (Functional Skills Level 2 in English and Maths will be accepted).

* Health T Levels require GCSE Grade 4 in Science.