The president of the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, attended the second edition of the National Judiciary Exam (Enam) at Estácio de Sá University, in Rio de Janeiro. Just over 33 thousand candidates registered for the exams, which took place throughout the country.
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The president of the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, attended the second edition of the National Judiciary Exam (Enam), this Sunday (20/10), at Estácio de Sá University, in Rio de Janeiro. Just over 33 thousand candidates registered for the exams, which took place throughout the country.
Barroso visited some rooms where the tests would be applied and observed the panorama of the competition throughout the country, directly from the Enam situation room.
Upon entering one of the exam rooms in Rio de Janeiro, Barroso was warmly applauded by the candidates. “I attribute this warm reaction to the recognition of my concern for ensuring the integrity of the exams and the technical capacity of the candidates, valuing the judiciary.”
For Minister Barroso, the first and most important aspect of the Exam is to standardize the quality of the judiciary nationwide. “Therefore, from now on, it does not matter whether the judge is in Porto Alegre (RS) or Rio Branco (AC). He must have passed a minimum quality standard and I think this will do the Brazilian Judiciary a lot of good,” he stated.
In this second edition, 9,622 candidates (30%) did not attend the competition.
Barroso stated that, with the two editions of Enam, it is possible to have a stock of around 10 thousand qualified candidates to take exams for the judiciary.
“We treat it with greater seriousness, with greater importance, with all the care, but with the necessary rigor to have a judiciary capable of effectively providing an adequate service to the Brazilian population,” he concluded.
Enam was attended by the minister of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Marco Aurélio Bellizze; the counselor of the CNJ, Daniela Madeira; the judges of the Regional Federal Court of the 2nd Region (TRF-2), Carmen Silva Arruda and Marcus Abraham; the director of the School of Magistracy of the State of Rio de Janeiro, judge Marco Aurélio Bezerra; the executive secretary of Enfam, Leonardo Peter; the operations manager of Estácio de Sá University, Carlos Augusto Bastos da Cruz; and the general coordinator of competitions and exams of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Juliana Borello.
The Enam
The National Judiciary Exam was created by the CNJ, and approval is a prerequisite for law graduates to participate in judicial competitions held by regional federal, labor, military, state and Federal District courts and territories. The Enam has rules established by the National School for the Training and Improvement of Magistrates (Enfam) and was prepared by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV).
The qualification aims to democratize access to the judiciary career, seeking to make it more diverse and representative. In addition, it seeks to value reasoning, problem-solving and the vocation for the judiciary of those registered.