Assistant Professor of Law. Professor Afilalo earned an A.B. and an LL.M. at Harvard University and a J.D. magna cum laude at Boston University, where he was note editor of the Boston University Law Review. After graduation from Boston University, Professor Afilalo served as law clerk to Chief Justice Paul J. Liacos of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. He then practiced law for several years in New York City, focusing on cross-border commercial transactions between Europe and the United States. Before joining the Rutgers-Camden faculty, Professor Afilalo served for one year as Croft Assistant Professor of Law and International Studies at the University of Mississippi, where he taught courses in European Union law, public and private international laws, and banking law. He also taught courses in international trade and intellectual property as an adjunct professor at Suffolk Law School and was a legal writing instructor for graduate students at Harvard Law School. Professor Afilalo is admitted to the Bars of Massachusetts and New York. His publications include "The Impact of Union Bank v. Wolas on the Ordinary Course of Business Defense to a Trustee's Avoiding Powers"; (Boston University Law Review) and "Towards a 'Common Law' of Europe: Effective Judicial Protection, National Procedural Autonomy, and Standing to Litigate Diffuse Interests in the European Union" (Suffolk Transnational Law Review).
