Which Membership is Right for You?
If you have come to this page, it is time to renew your NALP membership and set up your subscription. Let’s get started!
- Choose the right membership for you, based on the information below.
- Click on the relevant link to the right of the page.
- The site will guide you the rest of the way.
Once you complete this process (should take less than 3 minutes), your membership will have been renewed and your subscription set up.
Type of membership | Suitable for | Your next career step | Eligibility criteria | Annual cost | |
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Type of membership | Suitable for | Your next career step | Eligibility criteria | Annual cost | |
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Legal Secretarial | Legal secretaries who wish to become paralegal secretaries | Further paralegal study: Level 3 or Level 4 | Should have an ILSPA or Cilex Secretarial Diploma/Certficate or other (please check with us) | £30 / year | Find out more |
Affiliate | Anyone who has an interest in Law but has no qualification | Paralegal qualifcations at Level 3 or Level 4 | Must be over 18 without legal qualification or experience or student or an individual with a law degree from another country who has not studied English Common Law | £60 / year | Find out more |
Associate | Anyone wishing to pursue a career as a paralegal | Licence to Practise | Minimum Level 3 law related Qualification or minimum 3 years’ relevant legal experience | £90 / year | Find out more |
Graduate | Law graduates who wish to pursue a career as a paralegal | Gain relevant legal experience | LLB, BA Law or Joint Law Degree, LPC or BPTC, GDL or NALP Level 7 Diploma in paralegal practice without legal experience | £110 / year | Find out more |
Fellow (1) | Anyone who has legal qualifications and relevant legal experience | Licence to Practise | Minimum Level 6 qualification and at least 3 years’ relevant legal experience | £150 / year | Find out more |
Fellow (2) | Anyone who has relevant legal experience | Licence to Practise | Minimum 5 years’ relevant legal experience | £200 / year | Find out more |
Principal Fellow | An experienced paralegal with a lot of experience | Licence to Practise | Minimum Level 6 qualification and at least 5 years’relevant legal experience or minimum 10 years’relevant legal experience (must provide evidence of 12 hours CPD on annual renewal) | £250 / year | Find out more |
NALP Legal secretaries membership | Legal secretaries who wish to become paralegal secretaries | Further paralegal study: Level 3 or Level 4 | Should have an ILSPA or Cilex Secretarial Diploma/Certficate or other (please check with us) | £33 / year, annual subscription | Find out more |
NALP Affiliate membership | Anyone who has an interest in Law but has no qualification | Paralegal qualifcations at Level 3 or Level 4 | Must be over 18 without legal qualification or experience or student or an individual with a law degree from another country who has not studied English Common Law | £66 / year | Find out more |
NALP Paralegal Technician membership | Anyone starting out in their career as a paralegal, with some qualifications | Level 4 Diploma and/or NALP Associate membership | Minimum Level 3 appropriate law related certificate/diploma, A level Law or successful completion of the Level 3 Paralegal Apprenticeship | £82 / year | Find out more |
NALP Associate membership | Anyone wishing to work as a paralegal, or further their career | Licence to Practise | Minimum Level 4 law related Qualification, have passed the SQE1, or minimum 3 years’ relevant legal experience | £99 / year | Find out more |
NALP Graduate membership | Law graduates who wish to pursue a career as a paralegal | Gain relevant legal experience | LLB, BA Law or Joint Law Degree, LPC or BPTC, GDL or NALP Level 7 Diploma in paralegal practice without legal experience | £121 / year | Find out more |
NALP Fellow (route 1) membership | Anyone who has legal qualifications and relevant legal experience | Licence to Practise | Minimum Level 6 qualification and at least 3 years’ relevant legal experience | £165 / year | Find out more |
NALP Fellow (route 2) membership | Anyone who has relevant, minimum 5 years, legal experience | Licence to Practise | Minimum 5 years’ relevant legal experience | £200 first year, £165 / year thereafter | Find out more |
