The University

UERJ - Maracanã Campus

The University of the State of Rio de Janeiro's Faculty of Law was founded in 1935 under the name Faculty of Juridical Sciences. The faculty stands out for the imminence of its professors - among which ministers, lawyers and renowned jurists can be found - and is considered one of the best Brazilian Law Schools.

The Bachelor Degree takes five years (divided into 10 semesters) to be concluded. J.D. candidates must attend 4,500 hours of compulsory subjects' classes and 250 hours of optional subjects' classes. Furthermore, they must carry out 240 hours of complementary activities and present a written work (between 50 and 100 pages or approximately 24,000 words) before an examining board composed by three law professors.

The Faculty aims to provide a pluralistic academic enviroment. In this sense, UERJ was the first Brazilian university to adopt affirmative actions in its admission process, since 2003. Therefore, half of its students has a family income equal or lower than R$ 960 per capita, came from public high schools or are Afro-Brazilians.

Moreover, UERJ Faculty of Law offers a Graduate Program, composed by both Master of Law (LL.M.) and Doctor of Juridical Sciences (S.J.D.) degrees, with professors that obtained ther S.J.D. from Brazilian, European and North-American universities. This Graduate Program was recognized by the Brazilian Ministry of Education one of Brazil's top 3 for the triennium 2010-2012 (level 6 CAPES-MEC).

Faculty of Law - Noble Room

Futhermore, both Graduate and J.D. candidates are offered the opportuniy to spend from 6 months to a year abroad at one of the institutions with which UERJ Faculty of Law established exchange programs, such as Max Plack, Institut for Intellectual Property, Université Pantheon-Assad - Paris II, Coimbra University, Universitá degli Studi di Firenzi, Kobe University, among many others (http://www.sr2.uerj.br/sr2/dci/index.htm?#./convenio.htm).