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title: "Continuous professional development: major change for Belgian lawyers"
description: Belgian regulations on continuous professional education now require lawyers to earn 1 point in AML and 1 point in deontology each year.
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# [Continuous professional development: major change for Belgian lawyers](https://www.reglab.com/en/news-overview/continuous-professional-development-important-change-for-belgian-lawyers)

 Written by [Amber Rietkerk](https://www.reglab.com/en/news-overview/author/amber-rietkerk) | Oct 8, 2025 7:26:29 AM

03/10/2025

An [amendment has been made](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ordevanvlaamsebalies_videoverslag-ordevanvlaamsebalies-advocatuur-activity-7376923879761670144-SbRa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAB9xB2sBbcP12zuBny4JpSq2CjJKJ1k_uqU) 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. 

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