Maria Paula Elvas

LAWYER

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Law Degree, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa (1992)

Postgraduate Degree in Medical Negligence, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon (2022).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992 – Law Degree completed

1992 – Taught Geography and Law at secondary school level

1992–1995 – Multidisciplinary internship at a law office located on Rua Ivens

1995 – Participated in drafting the Municipal Codes of Conduct for the municipalities of Tondela, Mortágua, Santa Comba Dão, and Carregal do Sal, including contracts, administrative organization, public works, mobile sales supply, cemeteries, and waste management

1998 – Assisted in drafting the Doctoral Thesis of Prof. Dr. João Caupers, Professor of Administrative Law, titled A Administração Periférica do Estado

1999 – Legal consultations at Av. Infante Santo, Lisbon, appointed by the Portuguese Bar Association, Lisbon District Council

1992–Present – Full-time legal practice with office at Rua Castilho nº 67 – 1st floor, Lisbon

2009 – Training session by DECO in partnership with the Portuguese Bar Association: General Contractual Clauses and Consumer Contracts

2009 – Training by the Portuguese Bar Association: Legal Regime of Construction Contracts

2009 – Training by the Portuguese Bar Association: Medical Negligence

2010 – Training by the Portuguese Bar Association: Amendments to the Labour Procedure Code

2010 – 1st Postgraduate Course in Civil Procedure

2010 – Conference by the Portuguese Bar Association: Common Precautionary Measures

2010 – Series of conferences by the Portuguese Bar Association: Common Precautionary Measures – Provisional Alimony

2016 – Conferences by the Portuguese Bar Association in partnership with the Consumer Law Observatory: Animals and the Law

2016 – II Luso-Brazilian Congress on Parental Alienation – New Horizons, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon

1992–2025 – Continuous private legal practice with office at Rua Castilho nº 67 – 1st floor, 1250-068 Lisbon.

PRACTICE AREAS

Civil

Family

Labour

Criminal

LANGUAGES

Portuguese

English

French

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