Rodrigo José dos Santos Amaral

Lawyer specializing in Criminal Law.

PhD in Criminal Law from the Faculty of Law at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), with a research period at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Master's in Criminal Law and Postgraduate in Criminal Sciences and Public Security from the same institution.

Professor of Postgraduate Courses in Economic Criminal Law at Ibmec/RJ (2023), in Criminal Law and Procedure at EMERJ (2023) and in Criminal Sciences at FIURJ (2024/2026).

Guest Professor at NEDPP of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), coordinating the Course on Crime Theory (2023). Also invited to teach at the Course on Crime Theory of the Academic League of Criminal Sciences of UNIRIO (2022) and at the Holiday Course on Objective Imputation Theory of the Academic League of Criminal Sciences of FND/UFRJ (2021).

Author of several publications in specialized journals.

Co-author of the books 

  • Estudos em Homenagem a Tristão Fernandes – Lumen Juris (2019).
  • Direito Penal em Foco – ebook – JOTA (2021).
  • Legislação Penal Especial – Editora D’Plácido (2021).
  • Criminalidade Econômica e Empresarial – Tirant lo Blanch (2022).
  • Direito Penal e Novas tecnologias – UERJ (2025).

In 2026, he was individually recommended by the Legal 500 Latin America ranking, in the white-collar crime and investigation sector.

Languages: Portuguese and English.