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ESTUDANTES fazem PERGUNTA POLÊMICA e KIM KATAGUIRI responde!
264 statements · 1 politicians · August 15, 2026 · 27 min
Statements by Kim Kataguiri. 264 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Environmental Policy, Parliament Composition, Democracy, Political Ideology.
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Hello, hello.
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Good evening, Kim.
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My question will stray a bit from the topic of politics.
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I know law is very aligned with politics, one thing has a lot to do with the other, but my question was more about law and the practice of law.
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Today you are a deputy, but you are also a lawyer.
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I'd like to know which law firms you've worked at and how you used to choose a good firm where you could grow.
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As a lawyer, before you became a politician, right?
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How did you screen a firm for economic growth and personal growth as well?
Well, I had the advantage of graduating after I already had the first term.
So, I was already, well, already known, I didn't need to join a firm to get clients, but most of my life is taken up by politics and I end up practicing law more internally... for my own political matters. For example, today I am the party's lawyer; many of the actions of constitutional control that the party files, I do most of them myself, which is also an area that's very hard to get into, which is what I like—constitutional law—it's a very difficult area to enter and grow in at a firm, because you don't have people on the street saying, 'hey doctor, I want to file a DI.'
It's a much more limited field of practice.
But if I were to give you a piece of advice, I was always very close to my professors.
In my last year of college, I took a criminal clinic course in which we produced pleadings for the Public Defender's Office of the Federal District.
And, well, I never had a taste for practicing criminal law, but I found it interesting; it was an enriching experience.
And that closeness, you always... One thing I see very successful, at least in Brasília, is having lawyers, firms, and friends who refer clients to one another.
So, some friend of yours will work in private practice or at some firm, in some area.
A client comes with a demand that isn't met by that lawyer, isn't met by that firm you're acting in that area; having a friend who passes that to you, in the same way that you pass a client to your friend in areas you don't practice, is something I see many of my colleagues who graduated with me do early in their careers, and also practice at firms through professors' recommendations.
I don't know what your relationship with your professors is like.
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It's good, it's good.
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It's good, so it's a great... It's excellent for your professional career to have a good relationship with your professors, which I think is one of the main entryways into the job market.
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It's networking, right?
And I'll tell you something.
A large part of the most brilliant lawyers, the most brilliant jurists, those guys that make you amazed at how much they understand, how much they know, how deeply they go, will not be the richest lawyers, will not be the most famous lawyers, will not be the most successful lawyers.
Because the same thing happens in law as in technical fields.
I graduated in data processing; I worked for a period as a programmer.
The same thing happens in programming.
Bill Gates wasn't the technical genius of the duo.
Bill Gates was never a great programmer.
He was the salesman; he understood programming.
But he wasn't the one who innovated, he wasn't the one at the front lines of the source code.
He was a good salesman; he was someone who related well and knew how to sell.
What I most see is firms where the big guy, the guy who makes money, is the one who is well connected, who speaks well, who sells his work well, and has a hyper-technical, brilliant genius working for him.
So, if I could give professional advice to you... Don't be just the guy holed up in law, who will be the best, the most technical possible.
You need to balance your study, the level of depth you reach, with relationships and the way you sell.
Because, nowadays even more in the attention economy we live in on social media... you can study much more and be a far more competent lawyer, but you'll have far fewer clients than a lawyer who knows how to sell his work well in a cheeky way on TikTok.
So, this is a message that may seem harsh, or perhaps a bit irrational, or perhaps a bit frustrating, especially for those who most enjoy studying, but... And I'll tell you this from my own experience, right?
About: approve the General Law on Environmental Licensing
For two years I was the rapporteur of a project that was the bill for the General Environmental Licensing Law.
I delved deep.
One of the very few things I know in life is about environmental licensing law.
I knew absolutely nothing; I never liked anything involving environmental law.
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