The São Paulo Law School and the Anti-Vargas Resistance (1938-1945)The So Paulo Law School, the oldest institution of higher learning in Brazil, has long been the chief training center for that countrys leadership. For the members of the schools secret Burschenschaft society, the training consisted principally in leading demonstrations for liberal causes, such as the abolition of slavery and the overthrow of the monarchy. During the Old Republic (18891930), the Brazilian presidency and other high posts in Rio de