Alessandro Canali received his law degree from
La Sapienza University in Rome in November 1998.
He completed his two years of legal apprenticeship
("pratica" required by the Italian Bar Association)
from 1999-2001 at the Perugini law firm in Rome. In
2001 he passed the Italian Bar Exam on the first
attempt, at a time when approximately 80% of
candidates in Rome were rejected at each exam
(held annually in two parts, written and oral).

Mr. Canali holds a qualification to teach the subjects
of law and economics in Italian high schools and
high education institutes, and during his teaching
career he gave lectures for more than 1000 hours
about legal topics.
He was also president of Informat - Education
Institute, a no-profit incorporated company
recognized by the Lazio regional government
In addition, he has obtained post-degree
certifications in the following discipline areas:
  • employee law and labor unions
  • law in information technology
  • protection and promotion of human rights
  • Roman law
  • philosophy of law
Mr. Canali has been a practicing attorney in Rome since 2002, specializing in
civil law. His specific areas of expertise include: real estate law, commercial
law, tax and fiscal law, no profit corporations,  entertainment law, inheritance
law. He also works extensively in consulting and providing legal assistance to
foreign companies with offices in Rome and Italy, with special emphasis on
American businesses and universities.

In 2006 he served as general legal counsel and production manager for
the movie "Bastardi," starring Giancarlo Giannini, Franco Nero and Don
Johnson.

In 2008 he attended the courses held by the "Summer institute for
transnational law and practice" at University of Washington, Seattle Campus
In December 2008 he was licensed as foreign law consultant by the
Washington State Bar Association, where is a member of the International
Practice Section, and therefore admitted to limited legal practice in the state
of Washington.
In April 2009 he gave lectures at the University of Washington, Seattle,
regarding the topic "Civil Law, Common Law and the Italian Judicial System,"
and at the Washington Bar Association CLE regarding the topic "Vatican Law
and the Vatican Judicial System." In November 2009 he gave a lecture at the
Washington State Bar Association CLE International Practice regarding the
topic "Common Law and Civil Law Systems and Italian Criminal Law in the
Amanda Knox case."
In March 2010 he gave a lecture at University of Washington School of Law
regarding comparative procedural law and the Amanda Knox case
In July 2010 he was one of the speakers at the seminar "Global diversity and
cultural competency" organized by the law firm Williams Kastner
In October 2010 he was the speaker at the conference organized by the
Seattle chapter of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
regarding real estate planning and inheritance system under the Italian law
In November 2010 he was one of the speakers at the Educational Law
Association annual convention held in Vancouver
In May 2011 he gave lecture at the Washington State Bar Association
regarding "International probation procedures and inheritance legislation
under Italian law".
In March 2011 he became president of the Italian American Chamber of
Commerce of the Pacific Northwest based in Seattle
Since 2009 he has been a legal opinionist for several Seattle local televisions
about the Amanda Knox trial
He has published two historical and legal texts with the publishing house
Nuove Idee Editore:
  • Il Culto del Graal ed i simboli di Bominaco (The Cult of the Holy Grail
    and the Symbols of Bominaco)
  • Ius Vs. Gladiator, gladiatori ed attori nel pensiero giuridico romano
    (Ius Vs. Gladiator, Gladiators and Actors in Roman Law)
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