Lexcel Fee Earners vs Non-fee Earners
When scoping a Lexcel assessment, your colleagues are categorised as fee earners or non-fee earners on both the Law Society application form and the assessment plan produced by your Assessor.
It is essential that the information completed on the application form accurately reflects the Lexcel definition of a fee earner, as any inaccuracies could result in changes to the assessment plan, file reviews, interviews and verification process – all potentially affecting the overall outcome and cost of your assessment.
Guidance on who is a fee earner for Lexcel?
Consider the activity conducted rather than the role title or employment status that influences if they are a fee earner for your Lexcel assessment.
This could include:
- admitted and non-admitted fee earners
- trainees who carry out fee-earning work
- part-time fee earners
- those who manage/supervise a team and carry out fee-earning work
- consultants/locums who are fee earning for your organisation.
Guidance on who is a non-fee earner?
Support staff, like receptionists, secretaries, and HR, are usually considered to be non-fee earners because their roles do not directly bring in client revenue, even though they are essential to the firm’s operations.
The scoping, planning and cost of a Lexcel assessment is calculated using the number of fee earners and non-fee earners. Please provide accurate information on your application form and make your assessor and The Law Society aware of any inaccuracies as the proceed to assessment instruction letter is provided in response to the information you provided.
