H. Hampe is a Dutch lawyer based in Amsterdam, admitted as an advocate in 1971. He practised as a partner with the Amsterdam firm Dolk-Verburg-Diamand and later with Hampe Meyjes Advocaten in Amsterdam.
Education
Hampe's documented university education is associated with the University of Amsterdam, and his admission to the bar took place in 1971. The university traces its origins to the Athenaeum Illustre, opened in Amsterdam on 8 January 1632 by Gerardus Vossius to educate the city's citizens. For much of its early history it could not award degrees; it was officially recognised as an institution of higher education in 1815.
In 1877, under the Higher Education Act of 1876, the Athenaeum Illustre was raised to university status as the Municipal University of Amsterdam, gaining the right to confer doctorates. Its professors were appointed by the city council until 1961, when financial responsibility reverted to the national education ministry.
Career
Hampe practised law in Amsterdam as a partner of the firm Dolk-Verburg-Diamand, whose address was Cronenburg 75. He was later associated with Hampe Meyjes Advocaten, also based in Amsterdam, where he practised as an advocate.
His career developed within the Dutch advocate profession, which he entered after admission to the bar in 1971.
Membership
Admission as an advocate in 1971 placed Hampe within the Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten, the Netherlands Bar Association. The association was established by the Act on Advocates with effect from 1 October 1952, and all lawyers in the Netherlands jointly form it.
The association sets rules of professional conduct, supervises the quality of legal practice and maintains the standards of the legal profession. It does not receive government funding and is financed by its members.
