Steven Gibens is doctor of Laws (PhD) (University of Antwerp) and a master in criminology (Catholic University of Leuven). He is co-founder of Helder Recht (www.helderrecht.be), an organization that provides legal information (in plain language) on line to social professionals. He is also a lecturer and researcher at the University College Karel de Grote (Social work and legal aid) and University of Antwerp (Theory of social work). He is a substitute justice of the Peace. He was a private lawyer at the Antwerp Bar till December 2018 and former president of the Commission for legal aid and the Bureau for legal aid of Antwerp.