Camila is a Brazilian legal scholar and sociologist specializing in the sociology of law, legal education, and the dynamics of legal professions in Brazil. She serves as a professor and the Executive Director of the Graduate Program at the Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio).
She earned her Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), a Master’s degree in Sociology and Law from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), and a Ph.D. in Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) Department of Philosophy and Theory of Law. During her doctoral studies, she completed research exchanges as a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. In addition to her legal training, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Letters from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
Her academic research employs empirical methodologies to investigate the socialization of lawyers, the development of legal consciousness, and institutional practices within the Brazilian legal system, frequently branching into empirical legal studies and Law & Data Science. Prior to her position at FGV Direito Rio, she coordinated the Empirical Research and Data Laboratory at FGV Direito SP (LabDados), contributing significant empirical frameworks to Brazilian socio-legal research and institutional analysis networks.