Victória Costa

Victoria is a Trainee Lawyer and has been part of the Paxlegal team since September 2025.

She graduated in 2022 from NOVA School of Law and completed a Postgraduate Degree in Immigration and Nationality Law at the same institution in 2025. During her undergraduate studies, in 2020, she also completed an ERASMUS year at Université Clermont Ferrand in France.

She has a diverse professional background, participating in professional traineeships at law firms such as Carvalho Côrtes Advogados, CCA Law Firm, Edge – Sociedade de Advogados, and FiO Legal. Between 2022 and 2023, she joined the Legal Summer Institute (LSI) at Google and was a Pan-European Seal Trainee at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Spain.

Her academic journey includes experiences in Japan, France, Portugal, and Brazil.

Publications

E-Estónia: Análise de um Governo Digital no Cenário Português
NOVA Refugee Clinic, 2021

Facial Recognition and Immigration Policies: Secure Technology or Misleading Tools?
NOVA Refugee Clinic, 2022