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 - Argument Mining for Revealing Judicial Reasoning Patterns and Improving Summarization of EU and Italian Judicial Decisions”
- The project explores the use of natural language processing (NLP) techniques, including large language models (LLMs), with a particular emphasis on summarization and argument mining. The case study examines the judicial decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the Italian Corte di Cassazione.
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/INTERNSHIPS
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.
I&C Srl - Bologna, Italy
Hostesses for fairs and events: September 2017- June 2023
- Welcoming guests and speakers for more than 100 conferences, events and fairs.
Festival of Medical Science- Bologna Medicine - Bologna, Italy
Assistant: May 2018
- Event management on social media.
- Assistance in writing presentations for the festival organizers.
OTHER EXPERIENCES
EQUAL (EQUitable ALgorithms) Project - University of Bologna - Bologna, Italy
Project Member: 2024-2025
- Contribution to the EQUAL project, aimed at promoting fairness and countering algorithmic discrimination through the development of an AI model prototype for detecting instances of unfairness affecting individuals and groups.
- Contribution in designing the project's official website: https://site.unibo.it/equal/en
European University Institute - Summer School in AI and Law - Fiesole, Italy
Participant: July 2025
- Attending a summer school on AI and law, deepening methodological knowledge at the intersection of the two disciplines.
- Engaging with an international community of researchers and practitioners working on AI and law.
European University Institute - Summer School in Law and Logic - Fiesole, Italy
Participant: July 2025
- Attending a summer school on law and logic, strengthening the formal and theoretical foundations underlying the research project.
- Engaging with an international community of researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of legal reasoning and formal logic.
Italian Society for AI Ethics (SIpEIA) - International PhD Course in Ethics and AI - online
Participant January-June 2025
- Attending an intensive PhD course exploring the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence, broadening the theoretical framework underpinning the research project.
Winter School in Legal Design - 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 (Intermediate), French (Basic knowledge, A2).
Technical Skills: Microsoft Office (Advanced), Jira Software (Advanced), Legal XML (Advanced).
Bologna, May 2026
