Press
Are you a journalist and have a question about the legal profession? Then we would be happy to help you!
Get in touch
For any questions, contact our communications department. You can reach us anytime via Sarah Roggeman:
- via e-mail: pers@advocaat.be
- on 0479 73 85 74
- on 02 210 15 44
Need footage?
Want to use our logo or a photo*? Please email in advance to pers@ordevanvlaamsebalies.be .
* The use of our logos and photo material is protected. Use can only be done with our permission.
- Combi Advocaat be Oranje Middelgroot (png, 16,253 KB) <
- Combi Advocaat be Wit Middelgroot (png, 16,225 KB) <
- Combi Advocaat be Horizontaal Oranje Middelgroot (png, 11,968 KB) <
- Combi Advocaat be Horizontaal Wit Middelgroot (png, 11,928 KB) <
- Combi Advocaat be Horizontaal Zwart Middelgroot (png, 11,94 KB) <
- OVB sept 21 37 Low (jpg, 4,004 MB) <
Advocaat.be on Twitter
Interested in how we get involved in the social debate, follow us on Twitter.
Latest press releases
'The hijacking of Pompeii' hijacks Press Award
The jury of the Advocaat.be press prize has selected 'The Hijacking of Pompeii' as the winner. Second and third place go to De Coke Lijnen, a series by Lars Bové and Piet Depuydt in the newspaper De Tijd, and De zaak Carlo, a Panoreportage (VRT) by journalist Dirk Leestmans, director Jeremy De Ryckere and cameraman Stijn De Moor.
National action: Presidents of the Bar Associations carry out surveillance in all Belgian prisons
To mark European Human Rights Day, all Belgian Presidents of the Bar Associations are exercising their new legal visitation right, which since this year has allowed them to visit prisons within their jurisdiction. Every President of a Bar Associations in Belgium is visiting one of the prisons today. This national action underlines the seriousness of the situation in Belgian prisons, where overcrowding and a lack of basic facilities threaten the fundamental rights of detainees.
16 lawyers scrapped in 2022-2023
The College of Supervision of the Flemish Legal Profession has published its fourth report. This provides an overview of disciplinary proceedings against lawyers in Flanders (including Brussels-Dutch) in the judicial year running from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023.