Sara Leitão Moreira

Sara Leitão Moreira is a legal expert based in Coimbra, Portugal, specializing in criminal law. She is a faculty member at the Coimbra Business School, where she teaches higher education courses. With a master's degree in criminal law focusing on the criminal responsibility of medical interns, she is also a researcher at the Instituto Portucalense de Estudos Jurídicos, concentrating on human rights. Her academic credentials include a postgraduate degree in Economic and European Criminal Law from the Faculty of Law of Coimbra. Recently, she made headlines as the new lawyer for former Prime Minister José Sócrates, stepping in following a series of changes in his legal representation due to the complexities of his ongoing trial.