GianCarlo Canaparo is a legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Canaparo researches and writes on criminal justice reform, immigration, the role of the courts, and various constitutional issues.

In addition to Heritage publications, Canaparo’s analysis has appeared in Fox News, The National Review, The Washington Times, and Law360.  

Canaparo joined Heritage in 2019 after serving for two years as a law clerk to a federal district court judge. Before his clerkship, he spent three years as an associate at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Canaparo holds a law degree from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California at Davis.