The majority of the six candidates running for leadership include one or no black people for management positions.
Each group in dispute brings five names to the board, including the positions of president and vice. Of the 30 candidates in total, 22 are white and 8 are black. Yellows and indigenous people were not mentioned.
In relation to gender, the division is more equal when looking at the board as a whole: there are 16 women and 14 men, reflecting the gender parity rule in force for the entity’s second election and which stipulates that the slates must have 50% of people of each gender, a percentage that must be respected within the different positions, including incumbents and substitutes.
The slates must also observe a minimum of 30% of black lawyers, however the rule refers to the slate as a whole.
Despite this, when considering the most prominent position on each ticket, that of president, the scenario is one of regression in terms of . While in the last election, in 2021, there were two female candidates and three men, this year there are six men, all white. The vice-presidents, in turn, are all women.
The Order had a black president, Benedicto Galvão, in 1940 and 1941. Elected in 2022, the current president, Patricia Vanzolini, was the first woman to hold the position.
The ticket headed by Alfredo Scaff, who is running for the second time in a row, is the only one that has only white people on the board.
Another three groups have boards with four white people and one black person. In this case, the candidacies led by Caio Augusto Silva dos Santos, former president of OAB-SP and who seeks to return to the position, Leonardo Sica, current candidate, and Paulo Quissi, who is currently president of the Carapicuíba OAB subsection.
Carlos Kauffmann’s ticket has two black people on the board, one of them being his deputy, a professor and doctor in human rights.
The composition of Renato Ribeiro’s ticket is the one with the most black people running for the position. There are three in total, one of them being his deputy, Adriana de Morais, a specialist in gender, race and anti-discrimination and real estate law.
Four teams — Caio, Renato, Scaff and Sica — have three women on the board against two men, while in two of them — Kauffmann and Quissi — the scenario is reversed.
This information was requested directly from the candidates, after having been informed, which cited as justification.
In addition to the board, each slate is made up of several other positions — in total there are almost 200 members.
Federal counselors
Each state section of the OAB is entitled to three seats on the entity’s Federal Council. The occupants of these positions can vote on different topics that impact the practice of law and also elect the national board of directors of the OAB.
In addition, they form lists with legal nominees for vacancies in the TRFs (Federal Regional Courts) reserved for the constitutional fifth.
Among candidates for the Federal Council in the São Paulo section, there are 25 whites and 11 blacks, and no yellow or indigenous people.
In relation to gender, the division is equal: there are 18 men and 18 women. There are discrepancies, however, when looking at the number of starters and substitutes.
With the exception of Sica’s ticket, in which the three candidates for the Federal Council are women, in all other tickets, there are two male candidates for one woman, while, in the substitute, the scenario is reversed: there are two women and one man.
The only ticket to register only whites for the Federal Council is the one headed by Scaff. Those of Caio and Kauffmann have the same proportion, of four whites and two blacks (one starter and one substitute). There are also two black people on Renato and Sica’s tickets, but both as incumbents.
On Quissi’s ticket, there are three black candidates (one incumbent and two as substitutes)
State councilors
The largest category on the list, state councilors are also divided into incumbents and substitutes. They decide on topics related to law at the state level and form lists with nominees for vacancies in the fifth constitutional no.
The distribution of candidates by gender and race remains the same in these state councilor positions. Of the 1,011 people, 511 are women and 500 are men, reproducing the parity situation.
In terms of race, 659 candidates declare themselves white, while 342 see themselves as black. There are still ten yellow people in the compositions. The data reveals a percentage of around 33% of black people and less than 1% of yellow people.
Assistance Box
Also at Caasp (São Paulo Lawyers Assistance Fund), which manages benefits for lawyers, such as health plans, the majority of the 60 candidates are women (31), but the number of men (29) is not far behind. The ticket with the most women for the position is Paulo Quissi (7). The others have five candidates and five candidates, except for Renato, who has four women and six men.
In total, there are 41 white people, 17 black people and 2 yellow people in the criterion by race. From this perspective, Kauffmann and Renato’s groups are the ones with the most black candidates: 4 of the 10, while the others have three or two black candidates.
