School of Law: Athanasios (Nasos) Mihalakas

Athanasios (Nasos) Mihalakas is a law professor with over 15 years of teaching experience. Over the years, he has taught courses on US common law like Legal Research & Writing, Property Law, Contract Law, US Procedure Law, and US Public Law, as well as courses on international law like Public International Law, International Trade Law, International Commercial Law and International Environmental Law. He also taught business related courses, like Business Organizations, International Business, and Business Law to both law and business students.

Prior to that, Nasos worked for 10 years in Washington DC for the US federal government, as a policy analyst for international trade and economic issues. He received his LLM from the University College London, and his JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Nasos is also the Director of the Center for Federalism & Regional Integration, a volunteer collaborative academic research center of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), that organizes conferences and advances collaboration among academics from around the world. His research focuses on federalism, regional integration, international environmental law, and climate change.

LL.M., University College London, 2005

J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2001

B.S., Economics & Finance, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1998

Mihalakas, Malkawi & Valiullina (Fall 2025, accepted and pending publication with “Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution”) “Regional Integration in North Africa – The Agadir Agreement and the EU”

Mihalakas & Taylor (2025) "Governance of the Global Commons: The Role of the UN and International Law in Addressing Climate Change," California Western International Law Journal: Vol. 55: No. 2, Article 2 (https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cwilj/vol55/iss2/2)

Mihalakas & Malkawi (2023, advance article) "Regional Integration in Africa - The Role of the AfCFTA in Advancing Political Integration" (TDM, ISSN 1875-4120) November 2023 (https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/journal-advance-publication-article.asp?key=1999)

Mihalakas & Hyde “Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement – Comparing the Approach of China and the EU” Athens Journal of Law-Volume 6, Issue 4, October 2020, Pages 407-430 (https://www.athensjournals.gr/law/2020-6-4-6-Mihalakas.pdf)

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Professor of Practice (Global Law)
James E. Rogers College of Law, 2020 - 2025

Director & Visiting Research Associate
Center for Federalism and Regional Integration (CEFARI), Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 2019 - present

Director, Internship Program
United Nations Association of Rochester, 2018 - 2019

Assistant Professor for International Business
SUNY Brockport School of Business & Management, 2012 – 2018

Adjunct Assistant Professor
University New York Tirana, 2010 – 2011

Policy Analyst - Economics & Trade
U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Committee, Washington, D.C., 2008 - 2010

International Trade Policy Analyst
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 2001 - 2008