The Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil and the Politics of Professional Regulation in Brasil

Access to Justice and the Legal Complex: Building a Public Defenders’ Office in Brazil

“…The OAB first emerged in the 1930s and had initially supported the coup that installed a military regime in 1964, but it soon began to openly and dangerously oppose the regime (Taylor, 2008: 111-311). The OAB is socially and economically heterogeneous, and within it we identify multiple groups with contrasting backgrounds and professional goals (De Almeida et al, 2018). Yet, the organisation has historically displayed a unity of purpose aimed towards the dual pursuit of lawyers' professional interests and the defence of the juridical order (Bonelli, 2003).…”

“…The state of São Paulo, in particular, represented a key barrier for PDO autonomy because it boasted a saturated market of legal services where poorer lawyers relied heavily on agreements with the state to guarantee their professional survival. This concern over the market for legal services encouraged the local OAB to oppose a defensoria and attempts to encourage pro bono work by corporate lawyers (De Almeida et al, 2018;De Sá e Silva, 2018). As a former head of the Office for Judicial Reform stated, São Paulo's OAB represented the strongest opposition to the inclusion of the PDO in the reform.…”

Legal Elites and the Shaping of Corporate Law Practice in Brazil: A Historical Study

“…As these works suggest, there is variation in what foreign lawyers can and cannot do within markets that are not their own (see also Friedman and Perez‐Perdomo 2003; Wilkins and Papa Perez‐Perdomo 2006). With respect to Brazil, in particular, foreign lawyers and foreign firms today are allowed to have a presence, although there are restrictions 1 (Persky 2011; Tauil 2011; Almeida and Nassar 2012; Castro 2012; Terry 2013, 489). As of 2014, there were thirty‐one foreign law firms in Brazil, with twenty‐six of them having arrived from 2004 on 2…”