ABSTRACT In this article we explain the specific contribution of Bar exams to the professional socialisation of Brazilian lawyer leaders through examining their changing content, particularly the coverage of and balance between commercial and public interests. Understanding what drives curriculum change, as reflected in vocational assessment, could inform the future skills and ethical components of preparatory training of lawyers that in turn might hold implications for the fight against corruption. While we aim to demystify some of the myths surrounding Brazilian lawyers’ ethical conduct, that often are reinforced by misleading and unrealistic media representations of legal heroism, we claim the ethical content of vocational Bar exams can still offer valuable insights into the formation of professional character, including the ability of lawyers to fully comprehend and connect with underlying fundamental values and interests that support both professional and state power. At the same time, we must recognise ethical training has its limits and can only ever go so far in helping to eradicate corruption. Our broad claim is that lessons emerging from recent Brazilian experience could, with some caveats, potentially guide and inform future developments in legal education and training elsewhere.

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律师考试、法律道德和反腐败：巴西的教训

摘要 在本文中，我们通过检查不断变化的内容，特别是商业利益和公共利益之间的覆盖和平衡，解释了律师考试对巴西律师领导者职业社会化的具体贡献。了解职业评估所反映的课程变化的驱动因素可以为律师预备培训的未来技能和道德组成部分提供信息，而这反过来可能对反腐败斗争产生影响。虽然我们的目标是揭开围绕巴西律师道德行为的一些神话，这些神话往往被媒体对法律英雄主义的误导和不切实际的描述所强化，但我们声称职业律师考试的道德内容仍然可以为职业性格的形成提供有价值的见解, 包括律师充分理解支持职业和国家权力的基本价值观和利益并与之建立联系的能力。同时，我们必须认识到道德培训有其局限性，并且在帮助根除腐败方面只能走这么远。我们的广泛主张是，从巴西最近的经验中汲取的教训可能会指导和告知其他地方法律教育和培训的未来发展，但有一些警告。