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Supporting Access to Justice in Brazil

Supporting Access to Justice in Brazil

Project location: Brazil

Dates: 2014 – 2015

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Students and legal professionals trained

About our work

New Perimeter and project partners have delivered week-long courses on pro bono in São Paolo, Brazil with the aim of supporting the country's pro bono community. This project provided an opportunity to bring together law undergraduates and graduates along with a cross-section of the Brazilian legal profession to contribute to the discussion on access to justice and legal practice in Brazil. 

Key deliverables

  • Developed and delivered courses about pro bono for Brazilian law students and legal professionals

Key facts

  • More than 60 students and legal professionals participated in the courses, including law students, graduate students and practicing lawyers at law firms and in-house departments.
  • The seminars also included representatives from local Brazilian law firms, in-house departments, nongovernmental organizations, the Office of the Public Defender and international pro bono professionals.

Program partners

Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Law School

Instituto Pro Bono
Public Interest Law Network (PILnet)
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We can see that pro bono is a great instrument to change the reality of the population in Brazil. We have a long history of poverty and discrimination and pro bono can be the [missing piece] to this equation to solve the problem. — Brazilian law student at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Law School