The professional tug-of-war between democratic and antidemocratic agenda among Brazilian lawyers.

• Grant number: 23/13628-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2023
• End date: October 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology - Other specific Sociologies
• Principal Investigator: Maria da Gloria Bonelli
• Grantee: Gabriel Vitor Nóbrega da Silva
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/12714-4 - Legal professionals and democracy: local-global strugles to reshape professional forces in the judicial and public safety systems, AP.TEM

Abstract

The scholarship aims to map the struggles for the reconfiguration of professional forces in the Brazilian legal profession by investigating the clashes around the erosion of democracy among lawyers. This search will take place online, on the websites of professional associations, in particular the OAB and its sectional elections, in the social networks of professionals, and in other groups of professionals, such as the OACB, the Brazilian Bar of Conservative Lawyers, as well as in the news.