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Four decades of commitment to the Law

Explore our timeline and discover the milestones that shaped FMP from its founding to recognized excellence.

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1983

At the end of a year marked by transformation in Brazil, a group of prosecutors led by Luiz Antônio Rocha created the Fundação Escola Superior do Ministério Público.

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2000

Committed to continuous innovation, FMP began its journey in graduate certificate education, expanding its contribution to legal training in Brazil.

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2005-2006

Another milestone: FMP was accredited as a higher education institution and launched its undergraduate Law program. An achievement that consolidated the path toward academic excellence.

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2011

FMP's undergraduate program was officially recognized by the Ministry of Education (MEC), reaffirming the quality of its teaching since its creation.

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2013

FMP became the only private law school in Porto Alegre and its metropolitan area to receive the OAB Recomenda Seal - a recognition that would be repeated in later editions.

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2016

The Master's in Citizenship Rights was launched, with its first class beginning their studies. Another step to strengthen knowledge production in the legal field.

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2017

FMP expanded its work with the authorization of online graduate certificate programs through its Distance Learning Center (NEAD), combining innovation and tradition.

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2019-2021

With the world in transformation, FMP began its digital modernization, adopting the TOTVS Educational System and new technologies to ensure quality and accessibility in education.

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2022

FMP and the Higher School of Advocacy (ESA) joined forces to train more than 12,000 lawyers with full scholarships in the Civil Advocacy graduate program, reaffirming their commitment to excellent legal education.

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2023

Forty years after its founding, FMP established itself as a national reference in legal education, with a legacy of more than 1,500 graduated jurists and the OAB Recomenda Seal for the fourth consecutive time - unprecedented among private law schools in Porto Alegre.

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2024

Amid the floods that struck Rio Grande do Sul, FMP created a solidarity initiative to support affected students and staff, offering certified courses at accessible prices and donating all proceeds to those impacted.

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2025

FMP consolidated its new strategic positioning, reaffirming its identity as an institution guided by tradition and driven by innovation. More than a matter of discourse, this move strengthened the institution's direction and the way it communicates its role in contemporary legal education.

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2026

Its new institutional brand was born, the result of a process of maturation and repositioning. The change now reflects, more precisely, the institution's strength, its identity and the direction built for FMP's coming years.