Bachelor of Laws and Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Candido Mendes University, 1992; Full Member of the Penitentiary Council of the State Secretariat of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro, 2000-2002; Master of Criminal Sciences from Candido Mendes University, 2003; Doctor of Notorious Knowledge in Philosophy, granted by the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy, 2009; Member of the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy since 2009 and Member of the Ethics and Discipline Tribunal of the Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro, 2010-2011.