Symeon C. Symeonides
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Dr. Symeon C. Symeonides (b. 1949) is the dean of the Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon, United States. The Cyprus born legal scholar is also President of the American Society of Comparative Law.[1]
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[edit] Early years and education
Symeonides was born in Lythrodontas, Cyprus, in 1949.[2] He then attended Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece where he studied law.[2] In 1972 he graduated first in his class with the highest grade point average in the history of the school.[3] This degree was in private law which he followed the with a degree in public law the next year, also graduating summa cum laude.[4] Symeonides then moved to the United States and attended Harvard Law School where he earned two degrees.[2] First was an LL.M. in 1974, then a DJS in 1980.[4]
[edit] Legal career
While still finishing his legal education at Harvard Law, Symeon Symeonides began working as an assistant professor and then associate professor at Louisiana State University Law Center.[2] In 1989 he became the Judge Albert Tate Professor of Law at LSU, teaching there until 1999.[2] During this time he also served as a vice chancellor.[2] Then in July of 1999 Symeon C. Symeonides became the dean at Willamette University’s law school located in Oregon.[4]
Symeonides has also taught at Tulane University, Loyola University, and his alma mater in Greece.[4] In Europe he has taught at Universite Paris V and Louvain-1a-Neuve.[2] Other legal work includes law reform for the Oregon Law Commission, Louisiana State Law Institute, and Puerto Rican Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence.[2]
[edit] Honors
- 1998, International Congress of Comparative Law, Rapporteur Général.[4]
- 1994, International Congress of Comparative Law, U.S. National Reporter.[4]
- American Association of Law Schools, past president of conflict of laws section.[4]
- Member, Order of the Coif.[4]
- Member, American Law Institute.[4]
- Member, Bartolus Society.[4]
- Member, American Journal of Comparative Law board of editors.[4]
- American Society of Comparative Law, past Secretary.[4]
- 2006, American Society of Comparative Law, President.[1]
[edit] Published works
- Cases and Materials on Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative and International. 2nd Edition, West Group 2003.[5]
- Conflict of Laws. 4th Edition, West Group 2004.[5]
- Law and Justices in a Multistate World: Essays in Honor of Arthur T. von Mehren. Transnational Publishers 2002: editor.[6]
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