Associação dos Magistrados da Justiça do Trabalho da 21 Região - Amatra 21

What Associação dos Magistrados da Justiça do Trabalho da 21 Região - Amatra 21 does

Associação dos Magistrados da Justiça do Trabalho da 21 Região - Amatra 21 is a non-profit civil association founded in 1992 that exclusively represents the approximately 64-65 labor court magistrates (active, retired, and in-availability) of the 21st Region (Rio Grande do Norte) in Brazil. Its core functions are the legal defense of professional prerogatives and judicial independence, institutional representation before public authorities, continuing technical education, and the organization of social and cultural activities for its members. The association is affiliated with ANAMATRA, the national association of labor court judges.

AMATRA 21's service surface is built around three pillars: (1) continuing legal education delivered through its wholly-owned subsidiary ESMAT 21 (founded 2005), which offers Lato Sensu postgraduate programs in Labor Law, Labor Procedure Law, and Social Security Law, with an advanced unit in Mossoró in addition to the Natal headquarters; (2) publications including the Jornal do AMATRA 21 newspaper (58 editions), the Revista Complejus legal journal, and general legal publications; and (3) social responsibility programs, notably the Trabalho, Justiça e Cidadania civic-education initiative (covering 25+ schools and 4,000+ students in RN, part of a national program in 21 states reaching 60,000+ students), as well as the KAJU karate and UBUNTU aikido programs for underprivileged youth.

The business model is a closed membership-association structure: revenue is generated entirely through monthly member contributions, deducted directly from each magistrate's judicial subsidy as a percentage set by the General Assembly and indexed to federal magistrate salary adjustments. The association has no external investors, no commercial product revenue, and no SaaS or technology offerings. Its digital footprint is limited to a website and social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube). The current president is Cacio Oliveira Manoel (2024-2025 term), and the association is governed by an elected board with two-year terms.

Name

Associação dos Magistrados da Justiça do Trabalho da 21 Região - Amatra 21

Legal name

Associação dos Magistrados da Justiça do Trabalho da 21ª Região - AMATRA21

Website

https://amatra21.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AMATRA 21 is a non-profit professional association founded in 1992 that exclusively represents approximately 64-65 labor court magistrates of Brazil's 21st Region (Rio Grande do Norte), providing legal defense of prerogatives, continuing education through ESMAT 21, publications, and civic-education social projects, funded by salary-deducted member contributions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAALAB

Legal & Compliance (CLE, Paralegal CE)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Judicial professional association
• Labor court representation
• Magistrate continuing education
• Citizenship education programs
• Legal publications

Headquarters

HQ city

Natal

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Member Contributions: Monthly contributions are paid by all associated magistrates, with the amount fixed as a percentage of their salary/subsidy. The contribution rate is set by the General Assembly and is subject to the same indexes applied to Federal Magistrate salaries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AMATRA 21 is a non-profit professional association representing labor court magistrates of the 21st Region (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). Its core offerings include institutional and legal representation of magistrates' rights and prerogatives, continuing education through its affiliated school ESMAT 21, publications such as Jornal AMATRA 21 and Revista Complejus, and civic-education social projects including the Programa Trabalho, Justiça e Cidadania.

Product overview

Amatra 21 is a professional association for labor court magistrates offering institutional services including the ESMAT 21 training school for judicial education, publications (Jornal AMATRA 21 newspaper, Revista Complejus journal), general legal publications, and social responsibility programs. The organization does not offer technology products or SaaS platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ESMAT 21: Escola Superior da Magistratura do Trabalho da 21ª Região - Professional development and continuing education school for Labor Court magistrates, offering specialization courses and graduate programs in labor law and procedure.

Products and services

• ESMAT 21 - Escola Superior da Magistratura do Trabalho da 21ª Região The association's professional training school, offering specialization courses Lato Sensu in Judicial Administration and postgraduate programs in Labor Law and Labor Procedure Law for judges, members of the Public Ministry, lawyers, and law graduates.
• Jornal AMATRA 21 The association's newspaper publication containing news, articles, and information about activities of labor court magistrates in the 21st Region.
• Revista Complejus A legal journal published by the association covering legal topics, theses, and articles related to labor law and the justice system.
• Publicações Gerais General publications including legal papers, resolutions, and research works on labor law topics.
• Projetos Sociais Social responsibility projects including UBUNTU (aikido training), KAJU (karate program), Trabalho Justiça e Cidadania (citizenship program), and various charitable initiatives serving children, elderly, and people with autism.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 60,000 students reached nationally and 4,000+ in RN through civic education programs.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ANAMATRA (Associação Nacional dos Magistrados da Justiça do Trabalho)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMATRA 21 maintains a close institutional relationship with ANAMATRA, the national association of labor court judges. AMATRA 21 participates in ANAMATRA's representative councils and implements national programs such as the Programa Trabalho, Justiça e Cidadania initiated by ANAMATRA. The partnership provides access to national-level representation and collective defense of labor magistrate interests.
• ABRAT, ANAMATRA, ANPTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMATRA 21 participated in a national mobilization (Manifesto em Defesa da Justiça do Trabalho) coordinated by ABRAT, ANAMATRA, and ANPT to defend the jurisdiction and competence of Labor Courts against Supreme Court decisions threatening labor rights.
• TRT-21 (Tribunal Regional do Trabalho da 21ª Região)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTRT-21 is the Regional Labor Court of Rio Grande do Norte. AMATRA 21 maintains an institutional relationship with TRT-21, representing the magistrates who serve on the court. The association participates in ceremonial events, correição sessions, and collaborates on social programs. TRT-21 also supports the Programa Trabalho, Justiça e Cidadania.
• MPT-RN (Ministério Público do Trabalho no Rio Grande do Norte)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ministry of Labor Prosecution office in RN collaborates with AMATRA 21 on civic education programs and institutional events. AMATRA 21's president was present at the reconduction ceremony of the head prosecutor of MPT-RN.
• OAB/RN (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil - Seção Rio Grande do Norte)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Rio Grande do Norte Bar Association participates in the Programa Trabalho, Justiça e Cidadania alongside AMATRA 21, contributing to civic education efforts in schools.
• ANATRA (Associação Nacional dos Advogados Trabalhistas)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANATRA collaborates with AMATRA 21 on civic education and institutional events, including participation in the Manifesto em Defesa da Justiça do Trabalho.
• SEEC-RN (Secretaria de Estado da Educação, da Cultura, do Esporte e do Lazer do Rio Grande do Norte)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe state education secretariat partners with AMATRA 21 on the Programa Trabalho, Justiça e Cidadania, enabling access to public schools for civic education delivery.
• ESMAT 21 (Escola Superior da Magistratura Trabalhista da 21ª Região)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerESMAT 21 is the Higher School of Labor Judiciary affiliated with AMATRA 21. Founded in 2005, it provides continuing education, specialization courses (Lato Sensu), and postgraduate programs in Labor Law and Social Security Law for judges and legal professionals. The school is directed by Joseane Dantas dos Santos and has a restructured pedagogical project as of 2020.
• Ejud-21 (Escola Judicial do TRT-21)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMATRA 21 maintains institutional cooperation with Ejud-21 (the Judicial School of TRT-21), with joint participation in events such as the farewell session of the decana of the court.
• Federação Norte-Riograndense de KaratêminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMATRA 21 entered into a partnership agreement in July 2015 with the Federação Norte-Riograndense de Karatê to create the KAJU project (Karatê e Justiça ao Alcance de Todos), teaching karate to underprivileged children and adolescents free of charge.
• SECVV - Sociedade Espírita Caminho, Verdade e VidaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMATRA 21 partnered with SECVV in September 2015 to implement the UBUNTU project (Sou Quem Sou Porque Somos Todos Nós), which teaches Aikido to underprivileged children and youth in the Mãe Luiza neighborhood of Natal, and promotes non-violent communication.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• ANATRA (Associação Nacional dos Advogados Trabalhistas): ANATRA is the national association of labor law attorneys and partners with AMATRA 21 on civic education and institutional mobilizations. It is a thematically adjacent professional association serving the labor justice ecosystem.
• ABRAT (Associação Brasileira dos Advogados Trabalhistas): ABRAT is the national association of labor lawyers, and AMATRA 21 co-coordinated with it (along with ANAMATRA and ANPT) on the Manifesto em Defesa da Justiça do Trabalho. It is thematically adjacent as a labor justice stakeholder association.

Direct peers

• AMATRA 4 (Rio Grande do Sul): AMATRA 4 is the regional labor court magistrate association for the 4th Region (Rio Grande do Sul). It is structurally identical to AMATRA 21 — a state-level association of labor court magistrates representing the same constituency (juízes do trabalho) in a different geographic region.
• ENAMAT (Escola Nacional da Magistratura do Trabalho): ENAMAT is the national-level labor court judicial school, operating in a coordinated system with regional ESMATs. AMATRA 21's ESMAT 21 is a regional counterpart, and ENAMAT is the most direct comparability reference for AMATRA 21's educational arm.
• AMATRA 2 (São Paulo): AMATRA 2 represents labor court magistrates of the 2nd Region (São Paulo) and is the largest and most prominent AMATRA. It is directly comparable as an analogous regional labor court magistrate association with similar scope of services and governance.

Broad incumbents

• ANPR (Associação Nacional dos Procuradores da República): ANPR is the national association of federal prosecutors, operating as a professional membership organization with similar representational, educational, and advocacy functions. AMATRA 21 partners with related entities (MPT-RN) and follows a comparable governance model.
• AMB (Associação dos Magistrados Brasileiros): AMB is the national association representing state and federal magistrates across all Brazilian courts. As a parallel umbrella organization for the broader judiciary, AMB is highly comparable to AMATRA 21 in terms of membership-based professional representation, advocacy, and continuing education.
• Ajufe (Associação dos Juízes Federais do Brasil): Ajufe represents federal judges in Brazil and follows a similar membership-based professional association model with advocacy, continuing education, and publications. While not focused on labor courts, its structure and member-services approach closely mirror AMATRA 21's.
• ANAMATRA (Associação Nacional dos Magistrados da Justiça do Trabalho): ANAMATRA is the national association of Brazilian labor court magistrates, of which AMATRA 21 is a regional affiliate. AMATRA 21 participates in ANAMATRA's representative councils and coordinates with it on national programs such as Trabalho, Justiça e Cidadania, making it the most direct organizational counterpart at the national level.
• OAB (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil): OAB is the national bar association and regulator of legal practice in Brazil. AMATRA 21 partners with OAB/RN on civic education programs, and OAB's role in continuing legal education, professional advocacy, and member services is structurally analogous to AMATRA 21's representative function.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCV_8BzDSKGZGx7CJT2hFNEw
• Facebookfacebook.com/Amatra21
• Instagraminstagram.com/amatra21_
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/associa-o-dos-magistrados-da-justi-a-do-trabalho-da-21-regi-o---amatra-21

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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