Professor Thiago Bottino, General Coordinator of Undergraduate Courses at FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio), will spend three weeks teaching at Columbia Law School (CLS), one of the most prestigious law schools in the U.S.. After completing his post-doctoral studies at CLS in 2014, Bottino was invited to teach classes in the International Short-Term Visiting Professor program. This program is one of Columbia Law School’s initiatives to broaden its internationalization, inviting professors to share professional experiences and develop closer institutional ties. Bottino will address topics such as the recent reforms in the Brazilian criminal justice system, investigative and criminal responsibility mechanisms for corruption, and the experience of Operation Car Wash.

In addition to the classes, Thiago Bottino will conduct research studies at the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity (CAPI), created in 2014 to help train public agents to prevent, identify, and fight corruption. One of CAPI’s goals is to build a community of leaders in the field of public integrity, develop tools and resources to help governments and professionals fight corruption, and promote research on the topic. According to Bottino, this invitation reflects the growing internationalization of Direito Rio, besides being an opportunity to share knowledge.

“Much like in all other developed and developing countries, the United States has struggled with growing corruption, which is the reason why CAPI was created in 2014. Corruption is not exclusive to Brazil. The difference lies in the continued efforts to eliminate the grounds over which corruption flourishes, investing in prevention, transparency, and public control mechanism. This period of research will allow us not only to learn about successful experiences in the U.S., but also the hardships, mistakes, and setbacks that they went through, so that we can avoid them while modernizing and improving our own anti-corruption mechanisms.”