Brazilian Judge Sérgio Moro to serve as Notre Dame’s 2018 Commencement speaker | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Brazilian Judge Sérgio Moro to serve as Notre Dame’s 2018 Commencement speaker Brazilian Judge Sérgio Moro to serve as Notre Dame’s 2018 Commencement speaker Published: October 30, 2017 Author: Dennis Brown Sérgio Moro Brazilian Judge Sérgio Moro, a leader in his country’s anti-corruption movement, will receive an honorary degree and serve as principal speaker at the University of Notre Dame’s 173rd commencement ceremony May 20 (Sunday).   The University’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., who presented Moro with the Notre Dame Award at a ceremony Oct. 2 in São Paulo, said, “It was a privilege to meet with and hear from Judge Moro earlier this month. He is a shining example of someone who lives out the values we seek to inspire in our students. I am pleased he has accepted our invitation and know that he will offer valuable observations to our Class of 2018.” In presenting the Notre Dame Award, Father Jenkins said that Moro is “engaged in nothing less than the preservation of his nation’s integrity through his steadfast, unbiased application of the law. By addressing the pernicious problems of public corruption in a judicious but diligent way, Dr. Moro has made a marked difference for all Brazilians and for humankind at-large in our universal thirst for justice.” Moro is a federal judge in the southern city of Curitiba who has gained international recognition and commendation in recent years for his sentencing of powerful Brazilian politicians and business leaders on corruption charges. Most recently, as part of a four-year investigation of the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, he sentenced former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to nearly 10 years in prison.  Modeling his approach on Italy’s “Clean Hands” corruption investigation of the 1990s, Moro also has played an integral role in the “Banestado” case that led to the prosecution of 97 people on corruption charges, and Operation Farol da Colina, in which the judge called for the preventive arrest of 103 suspects for committing money laundering, tax evasion and other crimes. His work on these cases recently was profiled by “60 Minutes,” NPR and the New York Times. Moro, 45, was raised in Maringá, a city in the southern state of Paraná. He earned a bachelor’s of law degree from Maringá State University and a doctorate from the Federal University of Paraná. He studied abroad through an exchange program at Harvard Law School in 1998. Appointed to his current position in 1996, he participated in 2007 in the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program, visiting U.S. agencies and institutions responsible for preventing and combating money laundering. Notre Dame’s University Commencement Ceremony will be held in Notre Dame Stadium. Posted In: University News Commencement Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related May 11, 2021 Jimmy Dunne to deliver commencement address to Notre Dame’s Class of 2021 March 14, 2021 Carla Harris, business leader and gospel singer, to receive Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal February 24, 2020 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to deliver Notre Dame’s 2020 Commencement address May 13, 2019 Notre Dame to confer 3,147 degrees this weekend May 01, 2019 Sofia Carozza named valedictorian; Annelise Gill-Wiehl selected salutatorian For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn