EDUCATION
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna - Bologna, Italy
PhD Candidate in Law, Science and Technology: November 2024 - Ongoing
• Research project proposal: Methods and applications of legal analytics for the extraction of knowledge from case law documents in civil law systems.
The project explores the use of Natural Language Processing, including Large Language Models, to Italian and EU judicial decisions, with a particular emphasis on summarization and argument mining.
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna - Bologna, Italy
Single-Cycle Degree in Law: September 2017 - October 2022
- Final Dissertation in Forensic Medicine: “Imputability, neuroscience and scientific evidence in forensic science”.
- Final mark: 110/110 cum laude.
Liceo Ginnasio Luigi Galvani - Bologna, Italy
Classical High School Diploma: September 2012 - June 2017
Pakuranga College - Auckland, New Zealand
Exchange student: July 2015 - December 2015
- Six-month exchange during the fourth year of high school.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Net Service S.p.A. - Bologna, Italy
Business Analyst - Unified Patent Court (UPC) project: September 2023 – October 2024
- Analyzing UPC rules of procedure to develop coherent functionalities for a case management system.
- Support in drafting functional analysis documents.
- Review of case management system functionalities.
Galgano Law Firm - Bologna, Italy
Legal Training Internship: December 2022 - August 2023
- Assisting in developing strategies for legal proceedings.
- Drafting deeds.
- Attendance at hearings.
Studio Legale Associato Stortoni Merlini Meyer - Bologna, Italy
Legal Internship: March 2022 - July 2022
- Analysis of legal proceedings.
- Research of legislation, court rulings and precedents to apply to judicial cases.
Juvenile Court of Bologna - Bologna, Italy
Internship at the Office for Unaccompanied Foreign Minors: August 2021 - October 2021
- Supporting the judge in the research of doctrine, case law and case studies.
- Entering unaccompanied foreign minors into the Juvenile Justice Information System.
- Assistance in drafting decrees to protect unaccompanied foreign minors residing in the territory of the Emilia-Romagna Region.
Festival of Medical Science (I&C S.r.l.) - Bologna, Italy
Assistant: May 2018
- Event management on social media.
- Assistance in writing presentations for the festival organizers.
OTHER EXPERIENCES
JURIX International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems - Brno, Czech Republic
Participant: December 2024
- Attending a four-day conference regarding information systems and artificial intelligence tools applied to the legal domain.
- Submitting a paper to present my research project to professors and colleagues.
Winter School in Legal Design - Bologna, Italy (online)
Participant: November 2024 – December 2024
- Attending lessons weekly for two months to develop interdisciplinary problem-solving skills to create, test, and evaluate solutions in the legal domain (e.g., contract design, data protection information design, application interfaces and data collection devices).
Johns Hopkins University Study Trip - Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina
Participant: January 2019
- Participanting in a week of seminars regarding the humanitarian situation in the Balkans after the War.
National High School Model United Nation - New York, USA - Bologna, Italy
Participant: November 2016 - March 2017
- Participating in seminars regarding the protection of women's rights in areas of armed conflict
- Writing a final paper on the situation of Yazidi women in the Middle East.
LANGUAGES AND DIGITAL SKILLS
Languages: Italian (Mother tongue), English (Advanced knowledge, IELTS 7.5/9), Spanish (Basic knowledge), French (Basic knowledge, A2).
IT Skills: Microsoft Office (Advanced), Jira Software (Advanced), Social media (Intermediate).
