On December 9, 2025, the headquarters of the Higher School of Advocacy (ESA) hosted the IV Regional IBCCRIM Rio 2025 Conference. Among the various topics discussed, the event featured the participation of our founding partner, Márcia Dinis, who delivered a lecture on “Contemporary Challenges of Criminal Defense Advocacy.” In a context of particular complexity for Rio de Janeiro’s legal and social landscape, the debate proved essential for examining the limits, tensions, and c

We are pleased to inform that our founding partner, Dr. Marcia Dinis , was interviewed by journalist Fernanda Alves , from the newspaper O Globo , for the article titled “Não é Refresco / Debated in 70% of Brazil’s states, pepper spray brings together left and right under specialist’s warning.” The topic is particularly relevant in the current context, in which legislative initiatives aimed at authorizing the commercialization of pepper spray for women coincide with a concern