Rio de Janeiro Law School professor, Pedro Fortes, was the organizer of the 2^nd Conference on Graduate Studies on Law and Politics in Latin America, held on March 7, at St. Antony?s College, University of Oxford (United Kingdom). On this edition were discussed the role of the inter-American human rights court, the growing importance of regulations and new institutional strategies, in addition to the issue of overcoming inequality and access to substantive rights.Besides being responsible for the organization of the event, Pedro Fortes closed the conference. In his closing remarks, titled Mapeando o Direito e a Política na América Latina ? (Mapping Law and Policy in Latin America), he reported that the conference placed on the intellectual map of Oxford the debates on law and politics in Latin America, while trying to identify the characteristics of the legal speech, doctrine and professional practice of law in the region. The message echoed the opening remarks of the Director of the Oxford's Law School, Professor Timothy Endicott, who considered the event a promising framework for establishing new links between Oxford and Latin American institutions and provide a privileged space for debates about law and politics in the continent.Participating in the organization of this conference was a rich learning experience not only for Oxford, but mainly on the possible bridges between our Law and European Law. One of the objectives was precisely to establish academic dialogues through different legal cultures, and considering the positive comments from all participants, I think we succeeded, said the professor.The main difference between this edition and the first one was the participation of renowned speakers from Latin America who presented lessons on Constitutional Law and Law and development for the audience of the event. Among them, the involvement of the Director of FGV's Rio de Janeiro Law School, Joaquim Falcão, can be highlighted, who opened the event with a lecture on the Supreme Court and public opinion.Professor Helena Alviar, director of Universidade Los Andes (Colombia), lectured on law and development in Latin America. Professor Roberto Gargarella, from the University Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina), spoke about the challenges of Latin American constitutionalism in the 21^st century.In its three panels, the event featured presentations of eleven doctoral students from the universities of Oxford, UCL, Reading, Edinburgh, Cork, Queen Mary, Warwick and Brasília. Renowned professors from Oxford and UCL also attended the conference, such as William Twining, Denis Galligan and Bettina Lange, who contributed to discussions on transnational law and regulation and institutions in Latin America.The Brazilian professor at the University of Toronto, Mariana Prado, was the discussant of the papers presented at the panel on regulatory and institutional strategies. The Law specialist in Latin America at the Max Planck Institute, in Hamburg, Tilman Quarch, discussed the work of the panel on inequality and access to substantive rights, which also included the participation of Professor Lemann of University of St. St. Gallen, Peter Sester, also specialized in Brazilian law.  The Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford, Dra. Fernanda Pirie, the Program Director of Brazilian Studies at Oxford, Dr. Timothy Power also participated in the opening remarks.Professor Leonardo Alves of FGV's Rio de Janeiro Law School, a special guest of the conference, also seemed to be very satisfied with the outcome of the event. I felt a twinge of pride to see the interest and recognition of participants in Brazil and also confirm that Fundação Getulio Vargas' Rio de Janeiro Law School was well represented, he said.