Tolulope J. Falokun
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Assistant Professor of Law
Degrees
- LL.M., Harvard Law School
- B.L., Nigerian Law School
- LL.B., Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria
Biography
Professor Tolulope J. Falokun joined the university in 2024 as an Assistant Professor of Law after many years working in business, commercial, and technology law. She was a Research Associate for a law firm in Manhattan, New York; a Tech Law Intern for a non-profit organization in South Carolina; and a Research Associate at Harvard University. She has experience working as a Corporate, Commercial, and Technology Law Associate for Templars Law Firm, a Pro Bono Counsel for Justice Development and Peace Commission, and a Legal Intern at Aderemi Olatubora & Co. Law Firm.
She holds a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. She graduated in 2017 from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria in the top 1% of her class, earning a Bachelor of Laws degree, and in 2018, she earned a Barrister-at-Law certificate from the Nigerian Law School, graduating in the top 1% of her class with First Class Honors. She also earned an Introductory Certificate in Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London.
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Courses Taught
Sales Law
Law of Business Organizations
Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of World Legal Systems
Private International Law in the Digital Era
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Selected Publications
Tolulope J. Falokun, Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in Disputes Relating to Cross-Border NFT Transactions- The Case for Uniform Private International Law Rules, 27 VA. J.L. & TECH. 49-99 (2023).
Nigeria (with I. Uju) in Competition in Africa Report 2022 (Baker McKenzie ed., 2022).
Cross-Jurisdiction Privacy Project Nigeria Data Guidance (with I. Ibiyemi, et al.) in Privacy Laws & Digital Advertising: Multi-Jurisdictional Overview and Implications 385-429 (Interactive Advertising Bureau ed., 2021).
Liability for Damage Caused by Artificial Intelligence (with I. Wilson) (2021).