Simpósio em Harvard debaterá temas fundamentais do Direito brasileiro

O Brazil Legal Symposium at Harvard Law School 2025 acontecerá nos dias 28 e 29/3, em Cambridge, Massachusetts. Organizado pela Harvard Law School Brazilian Studies Association, o evento reunirá acadêmicos, juristas e profissionais para discutir temas centrais do Direito no Brasil.

Este ano, o simpósio abordará uma ampla gama de temas relevantes, incluindo raça e discriminação, questões LGBT+, desenvolvimentos no mercado de capitais, justiça urbana e segurança habitacional, entre outros.

O evento contará com a participação de grandes nomes já confirmados, como a professora Mariana Pargendler, o ex-ministro da Justiça José Eduardo Cardozo, a ministra do TSE Edilene Lôbo, e Paula Forgioni, Carlos Portugal Gouvêa, Susan Farbstein, Bianca Tavolari, Felipe Hotta, Maria Cecília Asperti, Ruth Okediji e Sara Rankin.

As atividades incluem painéis, palestras e uma recepção de networking.

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• Programação  do dia 28/3: 

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM: Keynote Speech 

Marina Pargendler | Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School 

12:45 PM- 13:45 PM: Global Human Rights Development through Litigation and Cooperation

Calixto Salomão Filho | Professor of Law, University of São Paulo

Susan Farbstein | Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Daniel Levine-Spound | Supervising Attorney, HLS International Human Rights Clinic

Sara Lulo | Executive Director at International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP)

Moderated by: Victória Dandara | LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School e Luiz Cantarelli | Visiting PhD, Harvard Law School

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Race and Inequality in Brazil and the United States

Isabelle Christina | Education Officer, UNICEF 

Flavia Lloyd | Founder, Santos Lloyd Law Firm 

Edilene Lôbo | Justice, Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE)

Moderated by:  Victória Dandara | LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School e Lucas Víspico | LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School 

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Coffee Break 

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Comparative Perspectives on Capital Markets and Corporate - Governance: Emerging Trends and Challenges

Mariana Pargendler | Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School 

Carlos Portugal Gouvêa | Professor of Law, University of São Paulo Law School

Arthur Dalmarco | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of São Paulo Law School 

Moderated by: Thatiane Pires | LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM: Business and Human Rights Litigation

Céline Barnwell | Partner, Pogust Goodhead

Maria Cecília Asperti |Professor of Law, FGV Law School

José Eduardo Cardozo | Former Minister of Justice in Brazil

Charlotth Back | Partner, Proner & Strozake Advocacia

Moderated by: Gustavo Schneider | LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School

5:40 PM - 6:40 PM: Women Shaping IP: Leadership and Innovation in Brazil and the US

Antonella Carminatti | Partner, Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão (BMA)

Cândida Ribeiro Caffé | Partner, Dannemann Siemsen

Ruth Okediji | Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Moderated by:  Nicole Nigri | LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School

6:45 PM - 8:00 PM: Welcome Reception 

 

• Programação do dia 29/3

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM: Breakfast

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM:  Keeynote Speech

Tom Goodhead | Partner, Pogust Goodhead

09:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Commercial Arbitration in Brazil: Key Developments 

Paula Forgioni | Professor of Law, University of São Paulo 

Michelle Grando | Counsel at White & Case 

Sergio Nascimento | Partner at Bermudes Advogados

Caio Pazinato | Senior Associate at WilmerHale 

Moderated by: Fabiana Piccoli Araújo dos Santos | Visiting PhD, Harvard Law School e Nicole Nigri | LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM: Digital Markets & Challenges to Competition Law

Michelle Machado | Partner, Mattos Filho Advogados 

Ademir Pereira Jr. | Partner, Del Chiaro Pereira 

Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo | President, CADE 

Moderated by: Bruna Pamplona de Queiroz | Head os CADE'S International Unit

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Standing for LGBTQ+ Rights in Brazil and the U.S.

Alexander Chen | Founding Director of the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic at Harvard Law School

Sarah York | Researcher, UERJ 

Richard Saenz | Counsel, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct Strategist at Lambda Legal 

Moderated by: Victória Dandara | LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Lunch Break by Fogo de Chão

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Better Off in Brazil? What International Arbitration Should - Take or Leave from Brazil's Investment Protection Model 

Guilherme Rizzo Amaral | Founding Partner, Souto Correa Advogados

Jan Kleinheisterkamp | Arbitrator and Mediator, Kleinheisterkamp Arbitration and 

Mediation: André Marini, Partner Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes 

Moderated by: Fabiana Piccoli Araújo dos Santos | Visiting PhD, Harvard Law School

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM:  Urban Justice & Housing Security: A North-South Dialogue

Bianca Tavolari | Professor, FGV Law School 

Sara Rankin | Professor of Law, Seattle Universit

Moderated by: Lucas Vispício | LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School 

 
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM: Closing Remarks

Felipe Hotta | Partner, Hotta Advocacia