Rubens is a Brazilian legal scholar and Professor of Constitutional Law at the Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in São Paulo (FGV Direito SP). He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), a Master’s degree in Law and Development from FGV, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy and General Theory of Law from the University of São Paulo (USP). He has also served as a visiting researcher at New York University (NYU).
Glezer coordinates the Supremo em Pauta research initiative hosted at FGV, which systematically observes, tracks, and analyzes the institutional behavior, docket management, and decision-making patterns of Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF). His academic scholarship focuses on constitutional theory, the judicialization of politics, and democratic institutional resilience. As an affiliated researcher with the international Project on Autocratic Legalism (PAL), he examines how legal frameworks interact with democratic erosion, political polarization, and executive actions.
His published work includes the books Catimba Constitucional: O STF, do Antijogo à Crise Constitucional and Resiliência e Deslealdade Constitucional, the latter of which was nominated for Brazil’s prestigious Jabuti Prize in 2024. He frequently provides expert legal analysis and commentary to national and international media outlets regarding high-court adjudications, judicial oversight, and institutional stability in Brazil.