Immigration and Asylum Law Accreditation: Supervising Senior Caseworker Exam (Monday 23 March 2026)

Candidates will be tested on their awareness, knowledge and understanding of law, policy and procedure arising from the syllabus set out in the Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Candidates’ Guidance.

Candidates are expected to know what sources of law, policy and procedure apply to the area of the syllabus, in which they are being tested, and be able to look at those authorities to find answers to questions.

The syllabus is confined to work that can be conducted under an Immigration Legal Aid contract and comprises:-

1. Legal Aid
2. Professional Conduct
3. Drafting and English
4. Legal Practice
5. Specialist Immigration Practice
6. Appeal and Administrative Review
7. Deportation and Removal
8. Judicial Review
9. Human Rights
10. Asylum support
11. Detention

The expected standards are designed to reflect the issues encountered by practitioners and ensure that accredited members are able to deliver good quality advice and representation.

Candidates have 3 hours and 45 minutes to complete the examination, which consists of 100 marks separated into 5 parts. In order to pass the examination you must achieve a mark of at least 50%. If your time expires the examination will submit automatically.

Supervising Senior Caseworkers can have conduct of all matters and have responsibilities for:

• supervision of up to four supervisees;
• supervision and training of Casework Assistants and Trainees, including allocating tasks appropriately in terms of capability, capacity and progress towards accreditation as a Senior Caseworker;
• supervision and training of Senior Caseworkers;
• allocation of matters to Senior Caseworkers, including to themselves.