Mariana Mota Prado

Mariana Mota Prado obtained her law degree (LLB) from the University of Sao Paulo, and her master's (LLM) and Doctorate (JSD) from Yale Law School. She holds the William C. Graham Chair in International Law and Development at U of T's Faculty of Law. She has also been appointed to a five-year term as U of T's Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, International Student Experience, effective Jan. 1, 2025. She previously served as the Associate Dean for the Faculty's Graduate Programs from 2014 to 2019. 

She has published extensively on law and development, including three co-authored books with Michael J. Trebilcock: Institutional Bypasses: A Strategy to Promote Reforms for Development (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Advanced Introduction to Law and Development (Edward Elgar, 1st ed. 2014; 2nd ed. 2021), and What Makes Poor Countries Poor (Edward Elgar, 2011). 

A Brazilian national, she has taught courses at the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies in London, Direito Rio - Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School in Brazil, ITAM Law School in Mexico, Los Andes Law School in Colombia, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina and University of Puerto Rico School of Law in the United States.

Her scholarship focuses on law and development, corruption and comparative law.