It was recently published the law regulating the new Portuguese Judicial Organization. The purpose of the law is to extend the territorial base of specialized courts and implement a new management model for the district jurisdictions. For the purposes of judicial organization, the national territory will be divided into 23 district jurisdictions: Azores, Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisboa, North, West Lisbon, Madeira, Portalegre, Porto, Porto Est, Santarém, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real and Viseu. The 23 d mentioned districts, will correspond to 23 major Courts, established in each district capitals. Of the 311 currently existing courts, 264 courts will converted to 218 sections and 290 to central first instance local sections.