Background
Walter Hendrix was born in 1944, during the Second World War. He reached adulthood in postwar Belgium, where he completed his legal doctorate and entered the bar.
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Walter Hendrix completed his legal studies at the University of Louvain, where he earned the degree of Doctor Juris in 1969. Doctor Juris is the doctoral degree in law in the Belgian and continental European university tradition.
The University of Louvain was founded in 1425 by a papal bull issued at the request of Duke John IV of Brabant, which makes it one of the oldest universities in Europe. Its constitution was modeled on that of the University of Paris, and it became a leading center of learning in the Low Countries.
Student unrest rooted in linguistic tensions between Dutch- and French-speaking students led to the division of the bilingual Catholic University of Leuven in 1968. The two successor institutions received separate legal status in 1970, and Hendrix's doctorate dates from the years of this reorganization.
Career
Walter Hendrix practiced law in Belgium as a partner of R. & L. Schuermans. Partners in a law firm share in the firm's ownership, management, and client work, and they typically hold the senior professional positions within the practice.
He was admitted to the bar in 1969. Admission to a Belgian bar is the professional qualification required to practice as a lawyer, and it connects a lawyer with the bar association that regulates the profession in the relevant jurisdiction.
Membership
Walter Hendrix's admission to the Belgian bar connects him with the bar associations that regulate the legal profession in Belgium. These associations maintain admission rules, professional standards, and disciplinary oversight for the lawyers they admit to practice.
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