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== Law and lawyers ==
[[File:Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo 03, Praça da Sé.JPG|thumb|right|Court of Justice in [[São Paulo]]]]
In 2007, there were 1,024 [[Law]] school programs in Brazil, with 197,664 law [[student]]s. Law schools are present in each of the [[States of Brazil]].<ref>[http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Vestibular/0,,MUL3813-5604,00-OAB+PREVE+MIL+CURSOS+DE+DIREITO+EM.html Number of Law schools in Brazil]</ref> In the [[United States]] the number of law schools were only 180. The U.S. State of [[Alaska]] does not have a law school.<ref>[https://jus.com.br/artigos/10274/direito-e-educacao-juridica-nos-estados-unidos Number of Law schools in the United States]</ref> In 2010, the total of [[lawyer]]s in Brazil were 621,885. The [[State of São Paulo]] had the largest number, 222,807 lawyers, one third of all working lawyers in the country. The State of [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] had 112,515 lawyers, and the State of [[Minas Gerais]] had 63,978 lawyers.<ref>[http://www.oab.org.br/relatorioAdvOAB.asp Total - Lawyers in Brazil by State - Bar Association of Brazil]</ref>
 
Students studying law in Brazil take five years to complete their education at a [[law school]]. Upon completing their studies, they need to pass an exam held by the [[Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil|Bar Association of Brazil]] (''Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil'' in Portuguese).<ref>[http://www.mundovestibular.com.br/articles/6531/1/Curso-de-Direito/Paacutegina1.html About the course of law in Brazil]</ref>
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==External links==
* [httphttps://www.planaltostf.govjus.br/ccivil_03arquivo/Constituicaocms/Constituiçao_CompiladolegislacaoConstituicao/anexo/CF.htmpdf Brazilian Constitution in Portuguese]
* [httphttps://www.v-brazilstf.comjus.br/arquivo/cms/governmentlegislacaoConstituicao/lawsanexo/constitutionbrazil_federal_constitution.htmlpdf Brazilian Constitution in English]
* [https://www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/publicacaoCatalogoProdutoConteudoTextual/anexo/CF_espanhol_digital.pdf Brazilian Constitution in Spanish]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426050604/http://www.pontuacaodetran.com.br/codigo-transito-brasileiro.html Brazilian Traffic Code]
* [http://www25.senado.leg.br/web/atividade/legislacao Official legislation search engine for Brazilian law]