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Human Rights, Legal Systems, and the Culture of the Law in Brazil and the US
February 25 at 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
AGSC is thrilled to continue its “Talking Brazilian: A Cultural Studies Seminar Series” on Tuesday, February 25. The event will feature Hon. Alceu Mauricio Jr, a Federal Judge in Brazil since 2001 and an expert in human rights and legal systems, presenting on “Human Rights, Legal Systems, and the Culture of the Law in Brazil and the US.” Judge Mauricio, who holds advanced degrees in law and has served in various prestigious roles, brings a wealth of experience to this engaging discussion.
About the speaker:
Hon. Alceu Mauricio Junior
Federal Judge in Brazil since 2001, Judge Mauricio is currently the head of the Justice 4.0 Center at the Espirito Santo Federal District Court and an Electoral Court of Appeals judge (TRE-ES). He holds an LLM from Georgia State University, a PhD in Constitutional Law from the Catholic University in Rio (PUC-Rio), and a Master in Public Law from Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ). He was a US State Department HH Humphrey Fellow at the American University – Washington College of Law, specializing in Human Rights and Judicial Administration, and a Visiting Foreign Judicial Fellow at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC. He has also been a professor at Universidade Vila Velha (UVV-ES), an auditor for the Brazilian IRS (Receita Federal), and an officer of the Brazilian Navy.
Her areas of specialization include data science, mixed reality, artificial intelligence, space exploration and machine learning. She holds a BS from Spelman College in Chemistry and an MS (Biology) and a PhD (Neuroscience) from the California Institute of Technology.
