Prof. Felipe Guimarães Assis Tirado

Felipe Tirado is an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) and a PhD Candidate in Law at King’s College London (KCL), where he previously earned an LLM. He earned his LLB and an MPhil in Law from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil.

He is an Associate of King’s College London (AKC), a Fellow of the Higher Education Association—Advance HE (FHEA), and an associated researcher at the King’s Brazil Institute, the ‘Constituições’ Research Centre, and the Centre for Studies on Criminality and Public Security (Crisp). He is also a columnist at ‘Interesse Nacional’ and ‘JOTA’, in Brazil.

Before joining JGLS, Felipe was a Visiting Lecturer, a Graduate Teaching Assistant and an Academic Support Tutor at The Dickson Poon School of Law, and an Academic Skills Tutor at King’s Academy, at KCL. Previously, he was a Graduate Teaching Assistant, and a researcher at the Latin American Transitional Justice Network (RLAJT) and the Study Centre on Transitional Justice (CJT), at UFMG. In addition to his academic roles, he worked as a consultant and researcher for governments, and at NGOs and law firms in Brazil and the United Kingdom.

His research interests include socio-legal and comparative studies, judicial independence, corruption, transitional justice, and Latin America and Brazil.