The Support and Diversity Program was created with the aim of training black undergraduate and graduate students, descendants of indigenous groups, low-income or public school graduates who wish to participate in the selection process for the Academic Master in Law and Development at FGV Sao Paulo Law School. This is a way of overcoming the barriers that limit these students’ access to higher education, and expanding the diversity of the  program's student body. It consists of training courses in Law and Development, Introduction to Research in Law, and Instrumental English, as well as seminars given by professors and researchers from the School's research centers. The courses offered by PAD are taught by program’s students and supervised by professors who teach similar subjects in the Academic Master and PhD. To become a PAD teacher, the Master or PhD student must necessarily have completed the first stage of the Teacher Training Program.