PAULINA ROJAS

Coordinator of Legal Research

Legal professional specializing in tax and customs matters, with extensive experience in litigation and consulting for public entities and private sector companies. She works as a university professor in undergraduate and graduate programs and actively participates as a speaker, trainer, and director of legal conferences. She is the author and editor of legal works and leads projects on legal research and the incorporation of artificial intelligence in the legal field.

Practice Areas:

  • Tax Law, Customs Law.

Experience

CENSUS CONSULTORES

  • Legal Research Coordinator: 2022 – Present

UNIVERSIDAD ECOTEC

  • Law and Postgraduate Program Lecturer: 2019 – Present

PREFECTURA DEL GUAYAS

  • Judicial Attorney: 2022

CÁMARA DE COMERCIO MERCOSUR

  • Legal Director: 2020 – 2021

SERVICIO DE ADUANAS DEL ECUADOR

  • Judicial Attorney: 2017 – 2020

Education

UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA

  • Ph.D. in Social and Legal Sciences – 2022 – Present

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO

  • Second-Level Master’s Degree in Legal Argumentation – 2021

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Argumentation – 2021

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALENCIA

  • Official Master’s Degree in Constitutional Law – 2018

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL

  • Diploma in Jurisdictional Guarantees – 2017

  • Law Degree – Licensed Attorney of the Courts and Tribunals of the Republic – 2017

Recognitions

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL

  • Academic Excellence Award, 2012 to 2017

Publications

 

  • Book – The Denaturalization of Constitutional Precautionary Measures in Ecuador – 2024

  • Book – Judicial Activism of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling – 2024