HOW DO I HAVE AN EQUAL SCHOOL FOR EVERYONE IF I APPLY THE SAME SCHOOL FOR EVERYONE? IN THAT CASE, THE INEQUALITY AT THE BASE STRENGTHENS ITSELF EVEN MORE. WHAT WE MUST HAVE IS A SCHOOL THAT WORKS DIVERSITY."

Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio, 2018

Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio has a degree in Law and a Master in Legal and Civil Sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He was Director of the Judiciary Police School and the Center for Judicial Studies, deputy to the Assembly of the Republic and performed government functions as Secretary of State for Judicial Administration, Minister of Justice and Minister of the Republic for the Azores. He was a visiting Professor of Criminal Law at the Autonomous University of Lisbon and a member of the Board of Governors of the Judiciary. He is a Jubilee Counselor Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice. Laborinho Lúcio is a Doctor Honoris Causa in Education Sciences by the University of Minho and a Member of the International Academy of Portuguese Culture; with several published works, namely, Education, Art and Citizenship; O Julgamento - Uma Narrativa Crítica da Justiça; and the novels O Chamador, O Homem Que Escrevia Azulejos e O Beco da Liberdade. Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of D. Raimundo de Peñaforte by the King of Spain and the Grand Cross of the Order of Christ by the President of The Portuguese Republic.

He presides over the General Assembly of the Portuguese Association for the Rights of Minors and Family and the General Assembly of A.P.A.V.

He was also President of the General Council of the University of Minho.

Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio, 2018. Photography: Pedro Marques dos Santos