Undergraduate Degree in Law from Católica | Porto School of Law in 1984. LL.M. from Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. in 1989. Master’s Degree from the School of Law of Universidade de Coimbra in Civil Legal Sciences in 1990. Doctoral Degree in Law in the area of Civil Legal Sciences from Católica | Porto School of Law in 1998. Doctoral Degree from Oxford University in 1999. High Court Judge with the Supreme Court of Justice since November 2014.