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Yasmina El Kaddouri is a Ghent lawyer who has been working for the non-profit association TAJO for almost 5 years. She introduces young people to the legal profession. We interviewed her about it.

Jan Coninx is a lawyer; a lawyer is also an entrepreneur. So he is well placed as president of the non-profit organisation Entrepreneurs for a Warm Belgium. The non-profit organisation works through projects in the fields of food, culture and education to give people equal opportunities to develop.

Bert Vanmechelen used to be a professional boxer. Today, he is not only a lawyer but also president of the non-profit organisation Fighters Against Cancer. In an interview, he explains the link between martial arts and his fight against childhood cancer.

"Are you willing to take a polygraph test? Can and should that be done just like that? And what does it mean?

You may have already read or heard about it, about that lawyer who took in a 12-year-old boy because she could not manage to get him suitable accommodation in a youth facility. It is no longer the first time she has done that, it is stronger than herself she tells us.

From now on, citizens can use Just-on-web to search whether a justice of the peace has already ruled on your case. We briefly explain how you can do that.