COVID-19 has posed specific challenges for courts everywhere, especially for the Supreme Court of Brazil. We bring together a prestigious group of experts from practice and academia to explore the evolution of Supreme Court procedures. Our panelists will present an overview of how the court functioned before the pandemic, and then explore how the court has modernized to monitor and respond to current demands and challenges. Finally, the panelists will analyze specific cases adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Brazil in a new format and prospects for the future.

*Presentations will be in Portuguese.

Moderator

Mariana Nogueira Machado Simões, Senior Lawyer, Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Ópice – Advogados and Specialized Environmental Lawyer (Brazil)/Co-Founder, Fordham L.E.I. Gazette for Comparative Legal Studies (US)

Panelists

Alexandre Freire, Secretary, Secretaria de Altos Estudos, Pesquisa e Gestão da Informação do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF)

Livia Gil Guimarães, Judicial Research Coordinator, Secretaria de Altos Estudos, Pesquisa e Gestão da Informação do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF)

Rita Dias Nolasco, National Treasury Attorney, Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional

Discussants:

Giovanna Filippi Del Nero, Lawyer and LL.M. Candidate, NYU School of Law

Morgana Falabella, Federal Attorney, Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)

Rodrigo Sadi, Partner, McLaughlin & Stern LLP