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Julie Vangeel shines both in her job and on the running trail. After a long day as a specialist in government contracts and company and association law, she finds peace during her running sessions. "It is the ideal job for those with busy jobs," she echoes. The young Bilzen lawyer has already won several athletics competitions, despite her recent start in running.

You may have heard about a lawyer who wore a Jewish yarmulke during a trial in Ghent. But what is the actual situation with lawyers' choice of clothing? Let's clarify.

There are plans to change the training for people who want to become lawyers. This is additional training after you have already completed your law studies. The Flemish Association of Students (VVS) is not entirely happy about this, and we understand those concerns.

We spoke to Dimitri Laes and Ine Van Seghbroeck, two experienced lawyers with a passion for volunteering at non-profit organisation De Rode Antraciet, both with different goals.

Marileen Vandenberghe is a late bloomer in the legal profession. She first worked in health care for 20 years and then in the nature, environment and spatial planning sector for 17 years. Later in life, she then started studying law and is now a lawyer at the Antwerp Bar. During her law studies, she became fascinated by immigration law and this is how she ended up as a volunteer at the non-profit organisation Bij Ons Thuis, a volunteer organisation dedicated to the reception, guidance and support of migrants and refugees in Aarschot and the Hageland.

The OVB thesis prize was created in 2007, the prize was then called the OVB student prize. We talk to 3 former winners, they tell what it meant to them to win the prize.