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Continuous professional development: important change for Belgian lawyers

Header continuous professional development: important change for Belgian lawyers.

Summary

Belgian regulations on continuous professional education now require lawyers to earn 1 point in AML and 1 point in deontology each year.

03/10/2025

An amendment has been made to the regulations governing continuous professional education. The five-yearly obligation to obtain points in deontology has been converted into an annual obligation to obtain 1 point in anti-money laundering legislation and 1 point in ethics.