For Law Graduates
Turn your law degree into a legal career.
If you already have a qualifying law degree or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), you may be able to build on what you’ve already achieved rather than starting again.
Brightlink can help you understand the graduate routes available and which may fit your career goals.
Your Graduate Options
Build on your law degree.
The CILEX graduate route allows eligible law graduates to build specialist legal knowledge without repeating earlier academic study. Your route will depend on your qualifications and the area of law you want to develop.
This is offered through the CILEX Graduate Qualification (CGQ), a route for eligible law graduates, not the general CPQ Foundation route.
Multiple specialist pathways
Choose from six areas of law:
- Residential conveyancing
- Commercial conveyancing
- Wills, probate and private client
- Family law
- Business and commercial law
- Employment law
- Entry requirements
- Qualifying law degree or GDL
- Average duration
- Around 2 years
- Brightlink tuition
- £3,999
- Could lead to
- Building specialist legal capability and progression towards relevant CILEX professional recognition, subject to the applicable professional, experience and regulatory requirements.
Criminal Litigation Pathway
A focused graduate route for developing expertise in criminal litigation.
- Entry requirements
- Qualifying law degree or GDL
- Average duration
- Around 2 years
- Brightlink tuition
- £3,699
Dispute Resolution Pathway
A focused graduate route for developing expertise in dispute resolution.
- Entry requirements
- Qualifying law degree or GDL
- Average duration
- Around 2 years
- Brightlink tuition
- £3,699
Please note: CILEX membership and course registration fees are payable directly to CILEX in addition to Brightlink course fees, regardless of which training provider you study with.
Already have an LPC or BPC? If you have an LPC or BPC as well as your degree, your CILEX route may be different. Talk to Brightlink and we’ll help you understand the route that may apply to you. Talk to Us
Also Considering the Solicitor Route?
New SQE Prep with Brightlink: coming early 2027.
Building on four years experience of SQE preparation and solicitor apprenticeship provision, Brightlink is preparing a new SQE programme for early 2027. It is not currently available to enrol in. This is a future Brightlink programme.
Why Study with Brightlink?
Why study with Brightlink?
Flexible study and specialist support can help you build on your existing academic knowledge while working towards your professional goals.
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Flexible online learning
Study online around your work and existing commitments.
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Specialist tutor support
Receive one-to-one guidance and support from a named specialist tutor.
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Practical resources
Use structured resources, recorded lessons, practice questions, mock exams and revision support.
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Career-focused learning
Develop specialist legal knowledge and professional capability relevant to your chosen area.
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Ongoing support
Access workshops, tutor meetings and professional-experience guidance throughout your studies.
Where Could This Take Your Career?
Build a specialist legal career.
Graduate legal study can help you turn existing academic knowledge into specialist professional capability and create new opportunities for career progression.
Develop specialist expertise
Build on your law degree with focused legal knowledge in the area you want to develop.
Take on greater responsibility
Build towards more senior, fee-earning or specialist legal work as your qualifications and experience develop.
Progress towards recognised professional status
Depending on your chosen route, qualifications and experience, you may be able to work towards relevant CILEX professional recognition, subject to the applicable professional and regulatory requirements.
CILEX Registration Support
We’ll help you through the registration process.
Brightlink learners can request a free Zoom call with a member of the team for guidance through the relevant CILEX registration process.
If you’re a graduate, have an electronic copy of your degree certificate and transcripts ready.
The call usually takes around one hour, although some registrations may require follow-up.
Have Questions?
Talk to us.
If you have a law degree or GDL and want to understand which route may fit your qualifications and career goals, talk to Brightlink.
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