Seminars and training activities
Technical and practical course in Immigration Law (with comparative perspectives)
An annual training programme of 11 lessons, held at the Naples Courthouse and streamed live online with the Naples Bar Council. Each session combined in-depth theory with a practical module, with contributions from lawyers from Italy and other EU and Mediterranean countries, university lecturers and UNHCR representatives.
Learn more about the course →2023
Member of the Organising Committee and speaker at the lesson “Immigration law: entry, residence and removal from Italian territory. International protection and judicial protection. The offence of ‘illegal immigration’. The Italy–Albania Memorandum of Understanding: compatibility with EU law.”
Speaker at the conference of the Benevento Bar Council, the Equal Opportunities Committee of the Benevento Bar and MF on the violence suffered by migrant women in their country of origin and during migration to Italy.
Speaker at the annual congress of the European Lawyers Union (UAE) “The Common European Asylum System: in need of reform?”. Paper on “Humanitarian protection and the horizontal effect of human rights (Court of Cassation, Joint Civil Divisions, no. 29459/2019): legislative and case-law developments in Italy. The new approach of special protection: between the right to respect for private and family life (Art. 8 ECHR) and the reaffirmation of the principle of non-refoulement”
Speaker at the legal clinic training course on the right to international protection
2022
Speaker at the conference “The credibility of asylum seekers between cultural dimensions and institutional constraints”
Speaker at the National Legal Clinics Conference (Statelessness Legal Clinics): “Empowering legally vulnerable people”
Speaker at the conference “Unwanted Guests. The right to asylum 70 years after the Convention”, as SAI Naples reference lawyer
Organising Committee of the course “Introducing ecosystem protection into the Italian constitutional framework: prospects for protection under the ECHR and in the fight against environmental crime”
Speaker at the module III lesson of the Immigration Law Course on “International protection: institutions and remedies. Appeals under Art. 35-bis of Legislative Decree 25/2008. The right to citizenship: administrative procedures and judicial determination”
Speaker at the module II lesson of the Immigration Law Course on “Entry and residence in Italy: appeals to the Regional Administrative Court – Administrative expulsion and judicial protection”
2021
Speaker at the conference “Migration and procedural rights in the ECHR system”
Scientific director of the technical and practical training course in Immigration Law.
Online speaker for the practical module of the eighth lesson of the Technical and Practical Training Course in Immigration Law on “Family reunification and family cohesion: institutions and judicial protection. Court rulings, compliance and compensation for damages.”
Online speaker at the sixth lesson of the Technical and Practical Training Course in Immigration Law on “The universality of fundamental rights and the role of the Joint Divisions in ensuring consistent case law. Appeals to the Court of Cassation: drafting techniques and case studies”.
Online speaker at the course on the Protection of Migrant Minors, as a member of the Human Rights Committee of the European Lawyers Union (UAE)
Speaker at the immigration law course of the Rome Bar Council
Online speaker for the practical module of the third lesson of the Technical and Practical Training Course in Immigration Law on “Expulsion and enforcement: Arts. 13 et seq. of the Consolidated Immigration Act and Return Directive 2008/115/EC. Legal protection of foreign nationals: escort to the border and detention in repatriation centres (CPR). Appeals against expulsion orders”.
Online speaker for the practical module of the second lesson of the Technical and Practical Training Course in Immigration Law on “The regularisation of foreign workers (Art. 103(1) and (2) of Decree-Law 34/2020)”.
Online moderator at the first lesson of the Technical and Practical Training Course in Immigration Law on “Entry and residence in Italy: types, issue, renewal and judicial protection. Visas and residence for investment in Italy. ‘Dialogue’ with the public administration on visas and residence”.
2020
Lecturer at the Jean Monnet Master “Asylum-Seekers Protection under Evolution” – “Humanitarian protection: succession of laws over time and the horizontal effect of human rights” (Court of Cassation 29459/2019).
2019
Lecturer at the study meeting on “Immigration” as part of the Reggio Calabria local training programme.
Lecturer at the seminar on careers in the legal professions and the culture of legality, Department of Law.
Lecturer at the Jean Monnet Master “Asylum-Seekers Protection under Evolution” – “Humanitarian protection: succession of laws over time and the horizontal effect of human rights” (Court of Cassation 29459/2019).
Collaboration on the research programme of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice of the University of Maryland, organised by Sant’Anna University and LESS Onlus, on “Litigation by foreign nationals before special courts”.
Lecturer at the Advanced Training and Specialisation Course in Migration Law and Public Policy organised by the Sindacato Forense of Naples, on “Litigation by foreign nationals before special courts”
Lecturer at the Advanced Training and Specialisation Course in Migration Law and Public Policy organised by the Sindacato Forense of Naples, on “Entry, residence and expulsion of foreign nationals”
Participation in the 14th National Assembly of the Civil Justice Observatories on “Justice and human rights”.
Lecturer at the Advanced Training Course “Immigration and Territories – From social reality to defence techniques after the entry into force of the Security Decree”, organised by Fondazione Scopelliti, on “Asylum and international protection: practical aspects and Court of Cassation case law”.
Lecturer at the legal clinic training course of the Department of Law of the University of Naples Federico II, led by Prof. Flora Di Donato and Prof. Francesca Scamardella, on “The right to international protection: defence techniques and tools of judicial assessment”.
Lecturer at the training course “Immigration and Territories: from social reality to defence techniques”
Lecturer at the Advanced Training Course in Immigration Law.
2018
Lecturer at the conference “Immigration and reception: social and judicial aspects”, organised by the Associazione Avvocati di Nola and the Scuola Bruniana under the patronage of the Nola Bar Association, on “Art. 31 of Legislative Decree 286/98: the right to co-parenting and the Supreme Court’s principles on residence authorisation”.
“Entry and residence in Italy”
“Refusal of entry and expulsion: legal protection of foreign nationals”
“Asylum and international protection”
Public assembly of the City of Naples “The Salvini Decree – Immigration: what are the consequences?”
Chair for the Human Rights Committee at session I of the Advanced Training Course in Human Rights, under the patronage of the Italian Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, the Campania Regional Council, the City of Naples, the National Bar Council (CNF), the European Law Institute, SSA, UAE and the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples.
Advanced Training Course in Immigration Law, on “International protection and legal protection of foreign nationals in the current legal framework and in the light of Supreme Court case law”.
Collaboration with the “Legal Narratives” workshop.
FAMI “WE CARE” training course on “From recognising vulnerabilities to bringing out hidden resources” (Legal protection of refugees and asylum seekers. Vulnerable categories and types of protection).
Legal clinic training course of the Department of Law, led by Prof. Flora Di Donato and Prof. Francesca Scamardella.
Lecturer at the Advanced Training Course in Immigration Law, promoted by Fondazione Scopelliti in collaboration with the Reggio Calabria Bar Association.
2017
Lecturer at the seminar “Foreign nationals in law and in society”, under the patronage of the City of Naples.
Lecturer at the “2nd Summer School on Migration, Sea Border Control and Human Rights”, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Migrants’ Rights in the Mediterranean, with the participation of Queen Mary University of London and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Lecturer at the Immigration Law workshop organised by the Human Rights Committee of the Naples Bar Council, held in the Auditorium of the Naples Court.
Lecturer at the FAMI “WE CARE” training course on “Vulnerability and international protection” (Legislation on the protection of applicants for and holders of international protection. Rules, procedures and practice. Focus on the Minniti–Orlando Decrees).
Expert at the round table on legal protection for asylum seekers, organised by LESS Onlus – IARA Project.
2016
Lecturer at the round table on “Access to rights for foreign nationals: between administrative practice and good practice for lawyers”, organised by the Associazione Diritti di Frontiera in collaboration with the Immigration Law Clinic of Roma Tre University.
Speaker at the 14th “Andrea Cafiero” European Union Law Stage, with a paper entitled “Judicial protection of foreign nationals: solving practical cases”.
2015
Lecturer at the seminar “The right to asylum in Italy: procedures and reception”, organised by the University of Naples “L’Orientale” – Department of Human and Social Sciences.
Lecturer at the seminar “The right to asylum in Italy: procedures and reception”, organised by the University of Naples “L’Orientale” – Department of Human and Social Sciences.
Lecturer at “Active Citizenship and Intercultural Dialogue: horizons for integration policies”, organised by Less Onlus and LTM Ong for World Refugee Day.
Lecturer at the training seminar “Anti-discrimination protection between theory and practice”, organised by ASGI.
Before 2015
Lecturer at the training course on the family, between theory and practice, held at the Court of Nola, with a paper on “Protection of minors and family unity under Art. 31 of the Consolidated Act, EU Directive 115/08 (vulnerable persons) and new frontiers of Civil Cassation case law 2010–11”.
Subject expert for the chair of Administrative Law II (S.S.D. IUS/10), Prof. Paolo Tanda, at the “Niccolò Cusano” Faculty of Law in Rome.
Lecturer at the Intensive Specialisation Course in Immigration Law and the Recognition of International Protection, run by the Jus & Nomos Association under the patronage of C.I.R., with a paper entitled “Administrative expulsion and detention of foreign nationals: solving practical cases”.
Lecturer in the series of law seminars held for U.P.L. at the Faculty of Law of the University of Parma, with a paper entitled “The right to family unity: solving two practical cases”, published on legal websites.
Lecturer at the immigration seminar held by the Study Centre of the Rome Bar Council (Committee on Human and Personal Rights, Civil Liberties and Immigration, and Committee on Court-Appointed Defence and Legal Aid), with a paper entitled “Foreign minors and administrative expulsion: the effectiveness of judicial protection. Fingerprint records: challenging the findings and protecting foreign nationals”, published on legal websites.
Lecturer at the round table on the state of immigration organised by U.P.L. and O.P.I., with a paper entitled “Conversion of residence permits: solving two practical cases”.
Lecturer at the immigration seminar held by the Study Centre of the Rome Bar Council (Committee on Human and Personal Rights, Civil Liberties and Immigration – Court-Appointed Defence and Legal Aid), with a paper entitled “Schengen and national visas: main types and most frequent grounds for refusal”, published on legal websites.
Lecturer at the Law School of the Nola Bar Council, with a paper entitled “The Schengen Agreement – residence permits – border control”, published on legal websites.
Academic work and publications
in the Roman law journal Labeo, of the index of the collection of writings in honour of Prof. Frezza
at the University of Naples Federico II and Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, as subject expert for Prof. V. Giuffrè’s chairs of Institutions of Roman Law (and Roman Criminal Law).