Caterina Drigo graduated in Law (LLM) from the University of Udine. After her undergraduate studies she received a Diploma of Specialization at The Law School of Legal Professions from the University of Padua and a PhD in Constitutional Law from the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (phd thesis: Constitutional Courts and Legislators). During her PhD studies she was a visiting research scholar at Cardozo School of Law, New York. In 2010 she recieved the Diploma of the Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel, after having attended the courses of the XXVI session, in Tunis. From  2010-2012  she was a Research  Fellow  at the Constitutional  Law in the Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna. In addition, in the years 2012-2013, she was a Teaching Assistant of Public Law at   Bocconi University, Milan working with Prof. Luca Mezzetti. From November 2012 she has been a Researcher in Constitutional Law in the Law School and Law Department of Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, where she also teaches Fundamental Rights and Public Law and Fundamental Rights Protection.

She is a member of the editorial board of the review www.dirittiregionali.org  and a member of the Association Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo and of the Association des Auditeurs de l’Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel. She is also a member of the Italian section of the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Constitucional. She has participated in national and international  congresses and seminars as a speaker and discussant. She has published several articles and essays on constitutional justice and on fundamental rights protection.