Visiting Professor Romulo Sampaio presented Relevant Regulatory Issues Regarding Public Parks Management, as part of the Urban Fellows Program on Jan. 31. He discussed an ongoing case study of Flamengo Park, Rio de Janeiro’s largest urban park, and the legal solutions being developed to create a financially sustainable park.
“Providing students with an opportunity to learn how other countries tackle similar urban issues prepares students think critically and be innovative as practitioners, a core component of our Center’s mission,” said Karen Johnston (J.D. ’08), assistant director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth.
Sampaio was a visiting professor in the International Perspectives on Urban Law & Policy course in January, focusing his lectures on the environmental challenges facing metropolitan growth management in Brazil, policy tools for sustainable land-use management, biodiversity conservation, and conservation practices.
This is Professor Sampaio’s sixth time teaching the course sponsored by the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, in which distinguished scholars from around the world lead small, focused seminars about land-use planning and environmental law in their countries.
Sampaio also played a major role in Georgia State Law’s past study abroad programs in Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba, Brazil.
He is a founding partner of the environmental law firm Reis & Sampaio LLP in Rio de Janeiro and on the faculty of Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law in Rio, one of Brazil’s most prestigious academic institutions. He holds a doctorate and master’s degree in Environmental Law from Pace University School of Law and a master of laws in economic and social law and LL.B. from Pontific Catholic University of Paraná Law School.