The Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, hosted a conversation at Villa Firenze between Yale judge and professor emeritus Guido Calabresi, Prof. Norman Silber, author of the book “Outside In: The Oral History of Guido Calabresi,” and Professor Antonio Monda. Guests included Attorney General Merrick Garland, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, American academics, cultural and media figures.

The event was also attended by Sen. Gelimini, the Honorable Di Sanzo and the Honorable De Castro, Gazzini and Rondinelli MEPs. “An exceptional testimony. That of an Italian from a prominent family of Jewish origin; a refugee who left Italy after the promulgation of the racial laws; an American who indelibly shaped the teaching and practice of law in the United States.” This is how Ambassador Zappia introduced Guido Calabresi at the opening of the event.