| Symeon C. Symeonides | |
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Symeonides in 2008 |
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| Dean of Willamette Law School | |
| Term | July 1999 – Present |
| Predecessor | Robert M. Ackerman |
| Born | 1949 (age 62–63) Lythrodontas, Cyprus |
| Alma mater | Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Harvard Law School |
| Profession | professor of law |
| Spouse | Haroula Symeonides |
| Website | Website |
Dr. Symeon C. Symeonides (born 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] A graduate of Harvard Law School, he previously taught at Louisiana State University's Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
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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] He earned his degree in private law. The next year he received a degree in public law, graduating summa cum laude.[4] Symeonides then moved to the United States and attended Harvard Law School where he earned two degrees.[2] He received an LL.M. in 1974 and a DJS in 1980.[4] He is married to Haroula Symeonides.[5]
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] While a professor he served as U.S. National Reporter to the International Congress of Comparative Law in 1994, and as Rapporteur Général in 1998.[4] During his time at LSU he also served as a vice chancellor.[2] Symeonides has also taught at Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans, and his alma mater in Greece.[4]
In March 1999, Symeon C. Symeonides was hired as the dean at Willamette University’s law school located in Salem, Oregon,[6] and assumed the position in July.[4] In 2002, he gave the lecture for private international law at the annual meeting of the Hague Academy of International Law.[7] Held at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, he was the 18th American selected for the honor in the 78 years of the conference.[7] 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][7][8] In 2006, he became president of the American Society of Comparative Law, an organization where he had previously served as Secretary.[1] Symeonides is also a member of the American Law Institute, Bartolus Society, and Order of the Coif.[4] He has served as president of the Association of American Law Schools section on conflict of laws and as a member of the board of editors to the American Journal of Comparative Law.[4] Symeonides resigned as dean at Willamette in February 2011, effective at the end of the academic year and was to be replaced by Peter Letsou.[9]
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| Preceded by Robert M. Ackerman |
Dean of Willamette University College of Law 1999–current |
Succeeded by Current |
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