Victor Nunes Leal (11 November 1914 – 17 May 1985) was a Brazilian jurist, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

[1][2][3] He graduated from the National Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, then known as the University of Brazil, in 1936.

[1] He helped draft the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure (Portuguese:Código de Processo Civil) of 1939.

[5] He completed his secondary education in Carangola and Juiz de Fora, after which he moved to Rio de Janeiro to attend the National Faculty of Law.

[5] While still a university student, he worked on the team which helped draft the 1939 Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure,[4][5] was chief editor of Rádio Tupi [pt] and edited the newspapers Diário da Noite, Diário de Notícias and O Jornal.