1. Who these Standards are for

The Competency Standards for Conveyancing Paralegals are designed for use by paralegals engaged in conveyancing work.

2. Number of levels

The Standards are set at just one level: advanced.

3. Contents

The Standards for Conveyancing Paralegals cover:

Application of Conveyancing Expertise
Business Awareness
Client Relations
Communication
Interviewing and Advising
Land Registry Requirements
Managing Others
Negotiating
Practical Legal Research
Professional Conduct
Self Awareness and Development
Working with Others
Workload Management
Writing and Drafting

4. Guidance for Institute members

Very experienced conveyancing paralegals (i.e. those equivalent to Qualified Paralegals) should be able to comply with these Standards.

Associates of the Institute should benchmark against the Introductory Level 'generic' paralegal standards. Certified Paralegal members should benchmark against the Intermediate Level 'generic' paralegal standards.

We recommend that you work towards compliance with these Standards and discuss them with your employer/line manager.

If you want to join the Institute and be on a professional paralegal career path then click here.

5. Stakeholders

We were delighted to have worked on this project with the UK government's Land Registry (www.landregistry.gov.uk).

The Standards were drafted by representatives from the Institute and Registry together with leading conveyancing experts from the University of Westminster and the law firm, Nick Peterken, solicitors.

6. Publication information

The current edition of the standards were published in April 2010.

7. Downloading your copy

You can download a copy of the current edition in .PDF format for free by

clicking here

If you cannot open a .PDF document then you can download a free copy of Adobe Reader by clicking here. Alternatively, if you subscribe to the Conveyancing Paralegal series of NCS we will also send you a set in Word 97-2003 format.

8. Subscribing

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