Interview with Humberto Theodoro Junior

Abstract

Born in Ituiutaba (MG), Humberto Theodoro Júnior graduated from the Triângulo Mineiro Law School in 1961 and, since then, has built a career marked by coherence, erudition, and a strong commitment to a legal practice oriented toward justice and human dignity. After serving as a judge in several districts of Minas Gerais, he retired as an appellate judge of the Minas Gerais Court of Justice (TJMG) in 1986, beginning a new phase characterized by intense activity as a lawyer, professor, and scholar. In 1987, he earned his doctoral degree from the UFMG Law School, where he would go on to assume the professorship in Civil Procedure in 1996 and be named emeritus professor in 2018. He has participated in numerous jurist committees responsible for drafting legislation, most notably the one that prepared the preliminary draft of the 2015 Code of Civil Procedure (CPC). Author of more than fifty books and hundreds of articles published in Brazil and abroad, he remains one of the foremost figures in Brazilian legal thought, with a contribution that spans generations. In this exclusive conversation with CAAP Journal – where he served on the Editorial Board in the mid-2000s – “HTJ,” as he is known among peers, or Humberto “Teadoro” among his students, reflects on the ten years since the CPC came into force and shares memories of his long and meaningful relationship with the Afonso Pena Law School.