Federica Simonelli, Dott.ssa.

Federica Simonelli, Dott.ssa. (New York) is originally from South Tyrol, Italy, an autonomous, German-speaking region in the Italian Alps. She earned her master’s degree in comparative European and transnational law at the University of Trento, where she is now a teaching fellow for the ADR course and a researcher in the context of a court-ordered mediation program developed at the Court of Appeals in Trento. She is a civil and commercial mediator qualified within the International Mediation Institute (IMI) and is currently working on earning her LL.M. in dispute resolution and advocacy at the Cardozo School of Law in New York City. She is involved as a trainer and coach in pro bono projects such as Tean Mediation International (TMI), which promotes peer mediation among college and high school students across the world. She is also an author and member of the editorial office of the Italian biannual law journal Giustizia Consensuale [Consensual Justice], edited by the University of Trento and the University of Florence.