José Noronha Rodrigues, Doctor in Law (Ph.D). "Cum Laude", by the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), recognized the equivalence of a degree of Doctor in Law by the Lisbon University, Faculty of Law, DEA in European Union Law (2008), Master in International Relations (2004), Post-graduate in Regional law (1998), Post-graduate in Labour Law (2003) and Graduated in Law (1996). He is Vice-President of the School of Business and Economics and an integrated member of the Centre for Research & Development on Law and Society of the Faculty of Law of the New University of Lisbon - CEDIS and a collaborating member of the Centre for Applied Economics Studies Atlantic (CEEAplA) of the University of the Azores and the University of Madeira. He is also Scientific Coordinator of Master's Degree in Company and Employment Law, as well as of the Degree in Law at the University of Santiago -Cape Verde, Visiting Professor in the Master's Degree in Civil Law and in the Master's Degree in Tax Law at the Catholic University of Mozambique, Delegate for the Azores of the Instituto de Derecho Ibereamericano and President of the Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation. He also hold the Chair of the Policy Center for the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child.