Chavarri's documented life is centered on Lima, the capital of Peru, where his university education, admission to the bar, and professional career took place. The city's long-established university and its legal tradition form the setting for his early professional formation.
Chavarri's university education took place at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, and he was admitted to the bar in 1974. The institution was founded in 1551 as the Real Universidad de la Ciudad de los Reyes by a royal decree from the Spanish crown, and it is recognized as the first university officially founded by royal decree in the Americas.
The university began its teaching with theology and arts, and studies of law and medicine were introduced after some years. Until 1946 it was usually called the University of Lima, and in that year its official name became Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
By the time Chavarri was admitted to the bar, the university had been reorganized in 1969, when its older faculty structure was replaced by a full range of modern academic programs.
Chavarri's documented professional life is in law and is centered in Lima, Peru. He was admitted to the bar in 1974, the point at which his documented legal career begins.
He later worked as a partner of the law firm Estudio Martínez, Bellido, Bernínzon & Lavalle. An estudio is a law practice organized as a firm of partners in Peru, and this firm operated under its full name in Lima during the mid-1980s and early 1990s.
