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RIO DE JANEIRO LAW SCHOOL
DEAN: JOAQUIM FALCÃO
The Rio de Janeiro Law School was founded in 2002 with
the mission of promoting a newmodel of legal education,
able to train leaders to think about Brazil in the long term.
The School’s work encompasses teaching and research,
based on four major pillars: legislative action, social
commitment, internationalization, and innovation. The
Rio de Janeiro Law School is now considered a leader for
careers in public and corporate law.
In 2016:
.. Undergraduate, academic master’s and
graduate courses.
.. Graduate courses in more than 30 Brazilian
cities.
.. Brazil’s first academic master’s course on
regulatory law.
.. TripleISO9001certificationforundergraduate
and graduate courses.
.. “Order of Attorneys of Brazil Recommends”
certification for all courses.
.. Exchange programs with more than
50
renowned foreign universities.
.. Only law school in Brazil to have an
exchange program with Harvard, NYU,
Columbia and Yale.
.. Main database on Brazilian Supreme
Federal Court and Superior Court of
Appeals cases.
.. Maximum score in the
Guia do Estudante
(Student Guide)
.
.. Celebrated the 70
th
anniversary of the Revista
de
Direito Administrativo (Administrative
Law Review)
.
.. First place nationwide out of all Brazilian
private institutions in the 18
th
and 19
th
Order
of Attorneys of Brazil (OAB) exams.
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.
1,277
intellectualworksproducedbyprofessors,
researchers and experts.
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.
28
research projects underway and completed.
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.
259
undergraduate students.
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.
46
master’s students.
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.
15
master’s dissertations approved.
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33
books published.
For more information, go to
fgv.br/direitorioDIREITO RIO