# Projects and Initiatives

Work that connects the profession across borders, through podcasting, structured research, leadership in international organizations, and cross-border collaboration.

Topics: podcasting, legal storytelling, comparative regulation, cross-border practice, charity law, water and sanitation law, legal datasets.

Primary entities: Studying Law Around the World, 75 Years 75 Stories, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Canadian Bar Association, International Bar Association.

Content type: project portfolio.

## Studying Law Around the World (Podcast)

A CPD-accredited legal podcast exploring legal education and careers across borders. 150+ episodes. Guests from 30+ countries. Produced and hosted by Claudio Klaus. See the podcast page for details: https://claudioklaus.com/podcast

## 75 Years, 75 Stories (Booklet, University of Toronto)

During the 2024-25 academic year, Claudio set a goal to meet 75 University of Toronto Law alumni before graduation, to mark the Faculty's 75th anniversary. The conversations were compiled into a booklet published by the Faculty of Law in 2025.

- Read the booklet (PDF): https://jackmanlaw.utoronto.ca/media/2655/download?inline

## Difference between Studying Law Around the World and 75 Years, 75 Stories

They are two separate projects. Studying Law Around the World is the ongoing podcast, now in its fourth year, with 150+ episodes and guests from more than 30 countries. 75 Years, 75 Stories was an academic project completed during the GPLLM at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, celebrating the school's 75th anniversary; Claudio conducted 75 conversations with alumni and the Faculty published the results as a booklet in 2025.

## Comparative Regulatory Systems (Research)

Comparing regulated sectors in Ontario, Canada, and Santa Catarina, Brazil, with a focus on sanitation, water law, and public utility regulation. Started because the gap between statutory ambition and on-the-ground delivery rarely shows up in single-jurisdiction scholarship.

## Cross-Border Corporate and Real Estate (Practice)

Supporting corporate transactions, commercial real estate, and charity law across Brazilian and Canadian practice, including prior experience at Duolingo in a non-legal role. Started because clients with operations across these jurisdictions still routinely hire two or three lawyers who do not talk to each other.

## Leadership roles

- Chair, International Communications Committee, J. Reuben Clark Law Society.
- Chair, Law Students Section, Canadian Bar Association.
- National Representative, Young Lawyers' Committee, International Bar Association.

## Water Law Judicial Decisions Dataset

A collection of scrapers for building a comparative dataset of water law judicial decisions across Brazil (27 state courts), Canada (federal and provincial courts via CanLII), and the Netherlands (Raad van State plus all 11 district courts via Rechtspraak.nl). Scope: 2016-2026. Cases collected: 83,596 decisions.

- GitHub: https://github.com/jrklaus8/water-law-dataset

Canonical URL: https://claudioklaus.com/projects