Luca Pressacco

Assistant professor

Faculty of Law


Via Verdi, 53 - 38122 Trento
tel. 0461 283762
Education
  • 2008

          High School Leaving Qualification

          “Giovanni Marinelli” Scientific High School (Udine)

  • 2014

         Master's Degree in Law

         (Catholic University of The Sacred Heart - Milan)

         Thesis: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

         Honours Degree, pubblication recommended

         Supervisor: Prof. Giulio Ubertis; Co-supervisor: Prof. Francesco Bestagno

Academic career and teaching activities

Academic Career:

  • 2015 - 2018

        Doctoral programme “Person and Legal Orders” (cycle XXX)

        Curriculum: Criminal Procedure and Law of Evidence

        Catholic University of The Sacred Heart - Milan

  • 2019 - 2020

        Research fellow

        BILAP (Bicocca Law and Pluralism) Research Centre

        University of Milan - Bicocca

  • 2020 - 2024

        Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Criminal Procedure

        University of Trento, Faculty of Law

  • From September 2024 onwards

       Assitant Professor (Tenure Track Researcher) of Criminal Procedure

       University of Trento, Faculty of Law

 

Teaching activities:

  • Academic Year 2018 - 2019

Tutorials for the Criminal Procedure Course (10 hours); University of Trento, Faculty of Law (Course holder: Prof. Gabriella Di Paolo)

  • Academic Year 2019 - 2020

Legal Clinic “Issues and Questions of Criminal Procedure” (20 hours); University of Trento, Faculty of Law

  • Academic Year 2020 - 2021

Legal Clinic “Issues and Questions of Criminal Procedure” (20 hours); University of Trento, Faculty of Law

  • Academic Year 2021 - 2022

Legal Clinic “Issues and Questions of Criminal Procedure” (20 hours); University of Trento, Faculty of Law

  • Academic Year 2022 - 2023

- Legal Clinic “Issues and Questions of Criminal Procedure” (20 hours); University of Trento, Faculty of Law

- Criminal Procedure (20 hours); University of Trento, Faculty of Law (Course holder: Prof. Gabriella Di Paolo)

  • Academic Year 2023 - 2024

- Legal Clinic “Issues and Questions of Criminal Procedure” (20 hours); University of Trento, Faculty of Law

- Criminal Procedure (10 hours); University of Trento, Faculty of Law (Course holder: Prof. Gabriella Di Paolo)

- Criminal Procedure from an International and Comparative Perspective (20 hours); University of Trento, Faculty of Law (Course holder: Prof.ssa Gabriella Di Paolo); Course delivered in English

Research interests

Protection of Fundamental Rights in Criminal Proceedings

International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

European and Comparative Criminal Procedure

European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)

Judicial Epistemology and Law of Evidence

Reasoned decisions in The Criminal Trial

Artifical Intelligence in Criminal Proceedings

Forensic Metrology and Expert Evidence

Research work

Research Projects:

  • 2015 - 2018

          PhD programme “Person and Legal Orders”

          Curriculum: Criminal Procedure and Law of Evidence

          Research project: The Criminal Judgment. Legal and Espistemological Profiles

         Supervisor: Prof. Giulio Ubertis

         Catholic University of The Sacred Heart - Milan

  • 2019 - 2020

         Research fellow

         Research Project: Law and Pluralism

         Legal Aspects of Conflict Management (Social, Ethnic, Confessional) in Pluralistic Societies

         Research Centre BILAP (Bicocca Law and Pluralism)

         Department of Excellence (University of Milan - Bicocca)

         Director: Prof.ssa Loredana Garlati

  • 2020 / 2021

         Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

         Research Project: Artificial Intelligence and Evidentiary Reasoning in Criminal Proceedings 

         Supervisor: Prof. Gabriella Di Paolo

         University of Trento 

  • 2021 / 2022

         Postdoctoral Research Fellow 

         Research Project: Forensic Metrology in Criminal Proceedings.

         Premises for a correct Evaluation of The Scientific Evidence

         Supervisor: Prof. Gabriella Di Paolo

         University of Trento

  • 2022 / 2023

        Postdoctoral Research Fellow

        National Operational Programme (PON) UNI4JUSTICE

        Research Project: Legal profiles supporting the development of innovative tools 

        for Trial proceedings. Criminal Justice, Digitalisation, Court Documents.

        Coordinating University: Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

  • 2023 / 2024

       Postdoctoral Research Fellow

       Research Project of National Interest (PRIN) 2022

       Research Project: Toward a more reliable scientific evidence by means 

       of forensic metrology. A novel approach against miscarriage of justice.

       Principal Investigator. Prof.ssa Gabriella Di Paolo

Memberships in societies and scientific committees

- Member of the “International Association of Penal Law” (AIDP) -  Italian Group

- Associate Member of the “Italian Association of the Scholars of Criminal Procedure” 

  (ASPP) G.D. Pisapia

- Founding Member of the “Italian Association of Evidence Scholars” (AISP)

- Member of the “International Network of Young Lawyers in the Field of Evidence Law” (PROBATICIUS)

- Editor of the “Panorama internazionale” ("International Panorama") section of the Journal 

 “Cassazione penale” (Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, ISSN: 1125-856X)

Awards and honours
  • December 2023

       National Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor of Criminal Procedure

Conferences and lectures

Symposia and Conferences:

- Milan, 10 December 2024

Artificial Intelligence and Evidence Evaluation

(Beyond Credibility. The Evaluation of Evidence in the European Asylum System,

Milan, 10-11 December 2024, Bocconi University)

Lectures in Doctoral Programmes:

- Florence, 8 ottobre 2024

Judicial Review of Investigative Measures by the European Public Prosecutor's Office

(Lecture delivered at the PhD Programme in Legal Studies of the University of Florence)

- Parma, 22 May 2023

  Artificial intelligence and Criminal Proceedings

  (Lecture delivered at the PhD Programme in Legal Studies promoted by the University of

   of Parma in agreement with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

- Padua, 15 May 2023

  Features and Powers of the Prosecution in a Supranational Dimension

  (Lecture delivered at the PhD Programme in Legal Studies of the University of Padua)

- Trento, 15 March 2023

  The Prosecution in a European and Supranational Context

  Comparing the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) & the Office of the Prosecutor 

  at the International Criminal Court (ICC)

  (Lecture delivered at the PhD Programme in Comparative and European Legal Studies

  of the University of Trento)