Advanced Certificate in Employment Law (ACEL)

Advanced Certificate in Employment Law - Part I
Attendance on 13 days of modular training over a maximum period of two years.

• Induction Workshop
• Discipline, Grievances and Dismissal - the new scene
• Employee Relations, Trade Unions and the Law
• Employment Tribunals
• Essential Discrimination Law
• Family-friendly Rights and the Law
• Making and Varying Employment Contracts
• Transfer of Undertakings
• Revision Workshop

If you have attended any of the modules prior to registration on the Advanced Certificate you may be eligible for certain exemptions. Modules take place at various convenient London locations and venue details will be confirmed prior to each module. For further information please call us on +44 (0)20 8371 7030.

Advanced Certificate in Employment Law – Part II
3,000 word written assignment.

Advanced Certificate in Employment Law - Part III
The CIPD National Employment Law Examination. For those students who do not wish to take the examination or submit an assignment, a special ’Certificate of Attendance’ will be provided.

Achieve this highly sought after specialist employment law qualification and you will be able to:

• Identify, analyse and handle legal materials confidently
• Ensure your HR policies and procedures comply with latest employment law and best practice
• Provide in-house legal advice and reduce your organisation’s exposure in the area of employment law
• Apply workplace law effectively
• Represent your employer effectively in employment tribunals
• Reduce the size of potential legal bills
• Anticipate and explain the impact of EU employment law in the UK
• Enhance your reputation and contribution in the workplace and your career prospects

What JSB’s ACEL offers you

• Quality assurance by JSB’s own Employment Law Faculty
• Unlimited personal tutor support to ensure your success
• Flexibility - fit your study in with your work, family or other commitments (ACEL can be completed in less than a year or you can spread your studies over up to two years)
• Written assignment plus examination ensures highest academic recognition
• Interactive learning with leading Faculty members committed to ACEL students’ success
• JSB’s widely praised employment law documentation, supporting each module
• Exemption from employment law elective of the CIPD Professional Development Scheme
• Opportunity to sit a mock exam at a revision workshop

Is ACEL the right Employment Law qualification for you?

You should have at least a basic knowledge of employment law, gained either from on-the-job experience and/or attendance at one or more of our employment law conferences, seminars or workshops. The ACEL is for you if you want to become your organisation’s expert on employment law and achieve the recognition granted by the initials ACEL after your name.

To help students with successful completion of the ACEL and make the most of their studies, our Employment Law Faculty provides each student with unlimited access to his/her own personal tutor.

Personal tutors on the ACEL are recruited on the basis of a rigorous selection interview. This is followed by a training process that adheres to the high standards of the programme. All tutors are experienced employment law specialists with expertise in a variety of fields of employment law theory and practice. Most are experienced in management and in their professional lives have dealt - from a legal perspective - with many of the practical situations likely to be encountered by ACEL students.

Every ACEL student has his/her own personal tutor who provides support throughout their studies. Tutors offer feedback on course work, advise on issues arising during the course, assist with the submission and agreement of the student’s assignment topic, and are generally available to offer guidance and support. JSB’s ACEL offers students the facility to sit a mock examination at a revision workshop and tutors help students to prepare for this so that when they attempt the final examination, they do so with confidence. Contact is maintained by email, telephone and fax, enabling tutors to provide practical assistance at every stage of the ACEL.

Read a case study on how a recent ACEL graduate benefited from personal tutor support.

Our personal tutors:
Susan Belgrave (Barrister)

Jane Frederick (Solicitor)

Penny Macmillan (Solicitor)

Catherine Rayner (Barrister)

John Sprack (Barrister)

In addition to CIPD accreditation, the ACEL is accredited by leading professional bodies, including the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board.

Students on JSB’s Advanced Certificate in Employment Law have a consistently high record of success in the National Employment Law Examination, taken by students at the end of the ACEL programme. The current pass rate for JSB’s ACEL students is 80%, compared to the national average of 55%. We are proud of our students’ achievements and are committed to providing the same degree of support to all students to ensure similar exam success rates in the future.

What our students say

I would recommend the ACEL course to anyone advising on employment law. It teaches you to consider employment issues from a legal rather than an HR perspective, enabling you to assess very quickly the risks of taking a particular course of action and, therefore, provide much better quality advice to Line Management. As a direct result of doing this course I am much more confident in advising my clients and, on numerous occasions, have enabled them to achieve the result they want whilst removing the risk of an employment tribunal claim.

—Carolyne Browne, WAA

Completing the ACEL enabled me to save my employer several thousand pounds in solicitor fees. The ACEL qualification is the single most useful course I have ever studied for. [Read more]

—June Smith, Newcastle College

The course gave a thorough grounding in key areas of employment legislation.  Classes were well-run by informed legal practitioners, who provided detailed additional reference material.

—Kirsten Sunter, HR Manager, Indesit

I recently completed the Advanced Certificate in Employment Law through JSB and was impressed with the flexible approach and professional advice that I received from the JSB tutors and administrative staff during the course of my studies. They have an excellent understanding of the pressures associated with balancing a busy work schedule with part-time studies and supported me every step of the way towards gaining this qualification. I can whole-heartedly recommend JSB as the training provider of choice for HR professionals wanting to study towards this qualification.

—Werner Bezuidenhout, HR Manager, Johnson Matthey

I was pleased to see that I had achieved a merit in the CIPD employment law exam in May…thanks to JSB for helping me to achieve the qualification

—Simon Morgan, The HR Department

I’d just like to say how much I have enjoyed the ACEL course. Every module has been well presented; all of the tutors have been so knowledgeable and the course materials very thorough. My personal tutor has also been so helpful and always available. I will definitely recommend the course to others.

—Amy Budd, Aveva Group

Fees are £4,680 - £5,200 (+ VAT) (depending on payment option). Fees exclude accommodation (if required) and affiliate membership of the CIPD, which is mandatory for all students.

Advanced Certificate in Employment Law programme fees include:

• Revision Workshop (including mock examination)
• Pre- and post-coursework
• Textbook and statute book
• Provision of a Personal Development Portfolio
• Detailed, up-to-date module documentation
• Open access to a fully qualified personal tutor
• Monitoring of the Advanced Certificate by internal and external moderators
• Assessment of the assignment and mock examination
• Examination fees
• Complimentary Employment Lawletter updates
• Registration for Employment Law Email Alert service
• Lunch, tea and coffee

Fees, terms and conditions - full details

For larger HR departments, running the ACEL in-house offers an excellent and highly cost-effective way to develop a team of qualified in-house employment law specialists, who can support HR and line management colleagues throughout the organisation.

ACEL In-company provides all the benefits of the full Advanced Certificate in Employment Law programme, including personal tutor support and Employment Law Faculty updating services, with the additional advantages of time-saving on-site delivery and tuition.

See an example of how ACEL In-company worked for one of our clients. For more details, call +44 (0)20 8371 7011.