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I got my law degree outside the European Union

If you obtained your law degree outside the European Union, you will not be easily admitted to the Belgian legal profession because foreign study programmes are often very different from the Belgian law school.

What should I do then?

Can I become a lawyer with a foreign degree?Contact one of the Belgian universities, only they are competent to judge whether your foreign law degree is equivalent to the Belgian one. They may then dictate to you which subjects you still need to take so that your degree can be equivalent to a Belgian law degree.

Examples

Jan is a Belgian citizen with an American diploma

Jan is from Belgium but he obtained his law degree at a US university. He contacts a Belgian university which obliges him to take additional subjects and exams. Jan passes those exams and receives an equivalent diploma. He can now join the list of trainees at a desk of his choice.

Yelana is a Russian with a Russian diploma

Yelena is from Russia and obtained her law degree from a Russian university. She contacts a Belgian university that requires her to take additional subjects and exams. Yelena passes those exams and receives an equivalent diploma. Yelena can now register on the list of trainees at a desk of her choice.