New plans unveiled by the Council for the Judiciary (Rvdr) which are designed to enable digital litigation in civil and administrative law have been approved by the ICT Testing Office (BIT) and Sander Dekker, the Minister for Legal Protection. The new approach, known as the Basisplan digitaal procederen civiel en bestuursrecht (basic plan for digital…
Netherlands Bar Association launches research into innovation and digitalization in the legal profession
More than 1,300 lawyers participated in the recent NOvA survey on strategy, innovation and digitization. The results will be published after the summer. The survey is part of a broader investigation into developments affecting the future of the legal profession in the Netherlands, which the NOvA is expected to complete by the end of this year. Changes…
ICLR conference 2018 update: help design the programme
As announced at the end of last year, the 7th annual ICLR conference is taking place in The Hague between 3 – 5 October, 2018. The Netherlands Bar, has begun the process of organising the conference and is looking forward to sharing the experience of its recently revised structure of regulation of the legal profession as…
The venue for the 2018 ICLR is…the Hague, the Netherlands
Congratulations to the Netherlands Bar Association. Their invitation to the Hague won the most votes in our recent survey which means that they will be welcoming ICLR delegates to the Hague in 2018 for the 7th International Conference of Legal Regulators. The proposed dates for ICLR 2018 are 3, 4 and 5 October 2018. This is…
BA2020 consultation: The Netherlands Bar
The Netherlands Bar (Nederlandse orde van advocaten, NOvA) is consulting on the future of professional education and training for lawyers. Currently, in order to qualify to practise law in the Netherlands, an individual must have 1) a Bachelor’s degree in legal studies, 2) a Master’s degree in Dutch law 3) have completed three years of…
Netherlands Bar
Netherlands Bar Jurisdiction: The Netherlands Country: The Netherlands Regulatory function: The Netherlands Bar is the regulator of admission, practice and discipline for the profession of advocaat in the Netherlands. Further information: The Netherlands in the IBA Regulators Directory Netherlands Bar website ICLR members:
Netherlands reinstatement materials
These materials were presented at the 2016 International Conference of Legal Regulators. Session title: I always feel like somebody’s watching me: reinstatement and supervision of lawyers on probation Article on suspension, disbarring and reinstatement