Rubens Glezer
About Rubens Glezer
Rubens Glezer is a professor and legal expert based in São Paulo, Brazil, with extensive experience in legal philosophy and constitutional law. He has held various academic and advisory roles, including positions at FGV Direito SP and OAB/SP, and has contributed to legal scholarship through research and publications.
Work at FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Rubens Glezer has been a professor at FGV since 2011, contributing to the academic environment for over 13 years. He also serves as the coordinator of the project 'Supremo em Pauta' since 2014, focusing on the Supreme Court's role in Brazil. His involvement at FGV includes developing a curriculum for a course on legal philosophy, enhancing the educational offerings in this field.
Education and Expertise
Rubens Glezer studied Direito at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, earning his Bacharel degree from 2003 to 2007. He furthered his education at Fundação Getulio Vargas, where he obtained a Mestre in Direito e Desenvolvimento between 2009 and 2011. He completed his Doutor in Teoria Geral e Filosofia do Direito at Universidade de São Paulo from 2012 to 2015. Additionally, he was a visiting student at New York University School of Law in 2010, focusing on legal philosophy.
Background
Before his current roles, Rubens Glezer worked as a professor at Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo from 2014 to 2016. He began his legal career as an intern at Demarest e Almeida Advogados from 2003 to 2005 and later at Koury Lopes Advogados from 2005 to 2006. His early experiences in law laid the foundation for his academic and professional pursuits in legal philosophy and constitutional law.
Achievements
Rubens Glezer has co-authored a research paper examining the performance of the judiciary in Brazil and contributed an article on judicial rationality to a legal journal. He has organized a symposium addressing the Supreme Court's role in Brazilian democracy and participated in a national legal conference panel discussing institutional design. These contributions reflect his engagement with critical legal issues in Brazil.
Current Roles and Responsibilities
In addition to his teaching position at FGV, Rubens Glezer has been serving as a Conselheiro na Comissão de Direito Constitucional at OAB/SP since 2016. His role involves advising on constitutional law matters in São Paulo and the surrounding region. He has been actively involved in various initiatives that bridge academic research and practical legal applications.