Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law

University of Rio de Janeiro School of Law
Former names
National Faculty of Law
TypeLaw school
Established1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Parent institution
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
DeanCarlos Alberto Pereira das Neves Bolonha
Academic staff
100-150
Students3,018
Undergraduates2,981
Postgraduates57
Location, ,
Brazil

22°54′26″S 43°11′26″W / 22.9072°S 43.1906°W / -22.9072; -43.1906
Websitewww.direito.ufrj.br

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law (Portuguese: Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)), also known as the National Faculty of Law (Portuguese: Faculdade Nacional de Direito), is a law school located in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Founded in 1920 through the merger of two private law schools dating from the 1880s, it is the third oldest law school in Brazil, after the University of São Paulo Faculty of Law and the Federal University of Pernambuco Faculty of Law, both founded in 1827. It is also the largest public law school in Brazil, with an enrollment of around three thousand students.

Its alumni include some of the most distinguished legal scholars and public officials of Brazil, and members of the Supreme Court like Lafayette de Andrada (1945–1969), Assunção Galotti (1949–1974), Nélson Hungria (1951–1961), Nunes Leal (1960–1969), Cordeiro Guerra (1974–1986), Moreira Alves (1975–2003), and Marco Aurélio Mello (1990–present).

The Faculty is located in the palace once dedicated to the Count of Arcos, in which the Brazilian Senate met from 1826 to 1924.