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"Non-qualified"? Not the bill of goods sold by ILEx/CILEx.

Level 3 qualifications - exams in contract law, employment law, tort law, civil litigation, criminal law + criminal litigation, land law + conveyancing, business law + business process, family + undefended divorces, wills, probate and administration of estates) plus advocacy assessment, legal research presentation, and a portfolio of evidence inc. everything from EU law to solicitors accounts and client care.

Level 6 qualifications - 3 substantive law exams plus 1 specialist practice exam (civil litigation which was actually harder than the LPC)

Plus 5 years work experience (2 years post qualification) in a solicitors firm before becoming a Fellow (MA level).

Unclear how Fellows can be Grade A fee earners when not permitted to conduct litigation. Press release: "28 July 2014 The Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, has approved a change to Guideline Hourly Rates (GHRs) to allow Chartered Legal Executives to recover costs at the same level as solicitors once they reach 8 years’ Post Qualification Experience in litigation (known as Grade A rates). The change will come into effect on 1 October." https://www.cilex.org.uk/media/media_releases/grade_a_rates_approved/