Scholarship and mentoring program
In October, the 2024 Instituto Mattos Filho Scholars Meeting was held, featuring a lecture by Mattos Filho’s founding partner, Roberto Quiroga.
The program offers law students scholarships with mentoring from the firm’s partners.
Law students
Direct scholarships
Indirect scholarships
6th Access to Justice Challenge
Organized in partnership with the consultancy ponteAponte, the Access to Justice Challenge aims to recognize and incentivize initiatives that boost access to Justice in Brazil, enabling stronger civic responsibility, democracy, and human rights. The sixth edition of the challenge saw 120 projects submitted, with five winning projects.
BRL 1.09 million
The total amount the Access to Justice Challenge has handed out to 25 winning initiatives since 2019.
BRL 230,000
The total amount distributed in 2024 (five projects): Coalition for Socioeducation – ‘Weaving Paths to Freedom’ (state of Ceará); Sergipe Front for Decarceration – ‘Sing Freedom’ (state of Sergipe); Fonatrans – ‘Rectifying the Northeast: identity rectification in the interior of Brazil’s Northeast’ (state of Piauí); Mundo Aflora Institute – ‘Institutional Strengthening’ (state of São Paulo); and Freedom Network – ‘Strengthening Activities along Brazil’s North-Northeast Axis’ (states of Pará and Pernambucano).
Spreading legal knowledge
Instituto Mattos Filho’s legal knowledge projects (see below) consist of 195 materials, 19 videos, 88 podcasts, and 46 infographics in total.
125,000+
84,700+
21,500+
1,500+
8,300+
125,000+
84,700+
21,500+
1,500+
8,300+
Over the years, this content has had a total of:
