Jurist Silvana Sciarra will deliver the lectio magistralis for the opening of the 2026-27 Academic Year of the University of San Marino, scheduled for Tuesday, 24 November, from 3 pm, at the Kursaal Congress Centre.
“Rule of law and democracy: the relevance of European values today” is the title of the address given by the former president of Italy’s Constitutional Court. The ceremony will be open to the public, with free admission.
The first woman elected by the Italian Parliament as a judge of the Constitutional Court, Sciarra served as its president in 2022 and 2023. Until last March she also chaired the Scuola Superiore della Magistratura (Higher School of the Judiciary), the body responsible for training and continuing education of Italian magistrates.
Her academic career includes teaching at the Universities of Florence and Siena, at the European University Institute in Fiesole, and at other Italian universities.
The world of labour has been at the centre of her research and publications, as well as of the projects she has worked on with the European Commission.
The lectio will be preceded by remarks from Rector Paolo Pascucci and the Secretary of State for Education and Culture, Teodoro Lonfernini.
Speeches will also be given by Romina Cecchetti, representative of the administrative and technical staff on the University Council, and by student representatives Sofia Lepretti and Tommaso Mordenti.
