A volunteer assistant lecturer of Law and Criminal Procedure at Bari University, where he had graduated from on late 1938, he later became university lecturer. In 1948 he obtained the tenure. He taught at Bari University and then, since 1963, at Rome University. He never gave up his teaching activity, not even when his political commitment was at its top.
Testimonianza di Francesco Saverio Fortuna, già allievo e poi collega di Moro, su Moro docente all’università di Roma Testimonianza di Antonio Secchi, allievo di Moro all’università di Roma, sugli anni della contestazione