Paola Balducci

Paola Balducci (born 14 November 1949) is an Italian lawyer and politician, member of the High Council of the Judiciary from 2014 to 2018.

Biography A student of Giovanni Conso and Giuliano Vassalli, Balducci graduated in law at the Sapienza University of Rome and later became an associate professor of Criminal Procedural Law at the University of Salento.

Since 1976, Balducci has worked as a lawyer and has been registered in the special register of Cassation officials since 1990.

In 2002, the Federation of the Greens nominated her as the party candidate for a seat at the High Council of the Judiciary, obtaining 105 votes, too few to be elected by the Parliament in a joint session.

From May 2005 to June 2006 she held the office of Regional Councilor for the Right to Education, with powers to the university, public education, scientific research and cultural heritage, in Apulia, under the first presidency of Nichi Vendola. and held her seat until the renewal of the council on 27 September 2018.