Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk

What Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk does

Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk (AvdR) is a Dutch private legal education provider founded in 2006, delivering mandatory and discretionary continuing professional development to Dutch lawyers and adjacent legal professionals. The company operates a multi-format learning ecosystem comprising live and on-demand webinars, classroom courses at its Amsterdam headquarters and the Kasteel Waardenburg castle venue, intervisie (peer supervision) sessions, multi-day leergangen programs, basisopleidingen recognized by the Raad voor de Rechtsbijstand, advanced verdiepingen, jurisprudence search and subscriptions, and international study trips to Oxford, Cambridge, Rome, Cape Town, Aruba, and Curaçao. Coverage spans 36 legal specializations aligned with the NOvA legal field register, with a catalog of approximately 3,489 courses and 3,351 webinars and 4,140+ customer reviews averaging 4.4/5.

Name

Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk

Legal name

Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk

Website

https://avdr.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk is a Dutch private legal education provider founded in 2006, delivering accredited continuing professional development across 36 legal specializations for Dutch lawyers, in-house counsel, legal aid lawyers, and law students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Legal Education

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal & Compliance (CLE, Paralegal CE) (EDAAALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Legal & Bar Exam Prep (Bar, MPRE, Paralegal) (EDANAIAC)

Keywords

• Legal continuing education
• Professional development courses
• Legal webinars
• Lawyer training programs
• Intervisie peer supervision

Headquarters

HQ city

Waardenburg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Course Sales: One-time purchases for individual webinars and classroom courses, with pricing based on PO (professional development) points and course duration.
2. Annual Subscriptions: Annual subscription packages providing access to webinars across multiple legal specializations, valid from January 1 to December 31 of each calendar year.
3. Multi-day Programs (Leergangen): Extended professional development programs ranging from 6-19 webinars covering specific legal topics over several months, priced as bundled packages.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

AvdR provides continuing professional development for Dutch lawyers and legal professionals through live webinars, in-person classroom courses, multi-day specialization programs (leergangen), intervisie peer supervision, basisopleidingen (basic training programs for legal aid certification), and international study trips. The company organizes its catalog by 36 legal specializations matching the Dutch Bar Association register, awarding PO-punten (professional development points) required annually by the NOvA. Subscription packages and class bundles are offered alongside on-demand access via the Legalflix video library.

Product overview

Academie voor de Rechtspraktijk (AvdR) is a Dutch legal education provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of continuing professional development products for lawyers and legal professionals. The platform operates as a multi-format learning ecosystem comprising live and recorded webinars, classroom courses, intervisie (peer supervision), multi-day programs (leergangen), basic training (basisopleidingen), and advanced courses (verdiepingen). Key products include Legalflix (video library), subscription packages organized by legal practice area, and international study programs to Cambridge, Oxford, and other destinations. The company also offers specialized jurisprudence subscriptions, milestone case programs, and a student society. All programs award PO-punten (professional education points) required for Dutch lawyer certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Webinars Live and on-demand online seminars covering various legal practice areas, providing continuing education points (PO-punten) for Dutch lawyers and legal professionals.
• Klassikaal (Classroom Courses) In-person classroom-based courses held at Kasteel Waardenburg castle and Amsterdam, providing interactive legal education with expert instructors. Priced from €375-450 per day.
• Intervisie (Peer Supervision) Peer supervision and collegial consultation sessions for lawyers, led by recognized intervisie leaders, covering various legal practice areas to develop professional skills and meet NOvA's mandatory 8 hours annual intervisie requirement.
• Leergangen (Multi-day Programs) Comprehensive post-academic specialization programs spanning multiple sessions (6-19 webinars), including corporate litigation, M&A, contract law, civil procedure, arbitration, labor law, insolvency law, and obligation law. Programs award total certificates upon completion within the same calendar year and range from €750 to €3,395.
• Basisopleidingen (Basic Training) Entry-level online training programs recognized by the Raad voor de Rechtsbijstand (Legal Aid Board), covering succession law, family law, social security law, landlord-tenant law, and labor law with 12-month access to materials.
• Verdiepingen (Advanced Courses) Advanced deepening courses held at prestigious international locations including Rome, Maastricht, Amsterdam, and Kasteel Waardenburg, covering specialized topics in contract law, labor law, family law, competition law, corporate law, construction law, insurance law, criminal law, and real estate law.
• Cambridge and Oxford Study Trips Multi-day study trips to Cambridge and Oxford universities, combining legal education with cultural experiences in historic colleges, museums, and court visits. Operated for over 15 years.
• AvdR on Tour International study trips to destinations including Aruba, Curaçao, Kaapstad (Cape Town), Turijn (Turin), Rome, Cambridge, Oxford, and Porto, combining legal seminars with cultural exploration.
• Abonnementen (Subscriptions) Annual subscription packages offering access to extensive webinar libraries across multiple legal practice areas, with live and on-demand viewing capabilities. Valid from January 1 to December 31 of the subscription year, including premium 'AvdR webinars 2026' subscriptions covering all specializations.
• Legalflix Netherlands' largest legal video library offering free membership with dozens of webinars annually, including live sessions and on-demand content covering legal news and case law.
• Jurisprudentie Abonnementen (Case Law Subscriptions) Specialized subscription packages focused on jurisprudence in specific legal areas including pension law, corporate law, mental health law, intellectual property, asylum law, family law, labor law, administrative law, public procurement law, landlord-tenant law, criminal law, civil procedure, succession law, and matrimonial property law.
• Mijlpaalarresten (Landmark Cases) Landmark case programs examining significant precedents in criminal law, labor law, obligation law, corporate law, and civil procedure.

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Microsoft TeamscoreTechnology or IntegrationAvdR uses Microsoft Teams for hosting online webinar meetings and intervisie sessions, enabling virtual classroom experiences for legal professionals.

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Direct peers

• SSR (Stichting Studiecentrum Rechtspleging): SSR trains judges, prosecutors, and court staff in the Netherlands and runs professional development programs tied to the Dutch legal system. While focused on the judiciary rather than private lawyers, it competes for the same expert instructor pool and shares the Dutch CLE accreditation ecosystem with AvdR.
• Sdu (SDU Uitgevers): SDU is a Dutch legal and tax publisher offering case law, commentaries, and continuing education for legal professionals. It directly competes with AvdR in the Dutch CLE market, selling subscriptions and training to the same lawyer audience and leveraging the SDU brand for institutional credibility.
• CPO (Centrum voor Postacademisch Onderwijs en Onderwijs): CPO is a Dutch provider of post-academic legal education, offering short courses and multi-day programs that award PO points. It is directly comparable to AvdR's leergangen and verdiepingen portfolios and targets the same Dutch lawyer population for mandatory and elective continuing education.
• Universiteit van Amsterdam - PE Programma: UvA and other Dutch universities run post-academic legal education programs awarding PO points, often through affiliated law academies. These compete with AvdR's classroom courses and leergangen on academic prestige and instructor quality in the same Dutch market.
• Boom Juridisch: Boom Juridisch is a leading Dutch legal publisher that produces books, journals, and runs post-academic training programs (CPO-accredited) for lawyers. It competes directly with AvdR's leergangen and publication-adjacent learning offerings and is often procured alongside SDU at major law firms.
• Elsevier Legal (Reed Business): Elsevier's Dutch legal imprint publishes case law, journals, and reference works for Dutch lawyers and provides adjacent training and event programming. It is comparable to AvdR as a Dutch legal content and education provider targeting the same NOvA-registered professional audience.

Emerging players

• NHA Opleidingen: NHA is a Dutch distance-learning provider offering legal and paralegal courses to a broader, less-specialized audience. It overlaps with AvdR at the entry-level legal training tier (basisopleidingen) but does not focus on the high-end PO-point CLE market that anchors AvdR's revenue.

Broad incumbents

• LexisNexis (Netherlands): LexisNexis provides Dutch legal research, case law, and news platforms, and increasingly bundles practical training content. It is comparable to AvdR as a Dutch legal information and education provider but at much greater scale and as part of a global portfolio.
• Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory (Netherlands): Wolters Kluwer is a global information services incumbent with a major Dutch legal division providing case law platforms (Kluwer Navigator), commentaries, and CLE programs. It is comparable to AvdR in serving Dutch lawyers' compliance and learning needs but operates at much greater scale and as part of a broader portfolio.

Others

• Springer Rechtsgeleerdheid: Springer publishes Dutch and international legal academic content and occasionally runs affiliated training events. It is adjacent to AvdR rather than a direct competitor, but overlaps at the academic and serious-practitioner audience level for advanced legal learning materials.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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Investors

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Investments

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