Symeon C. Symeonides

Infobox University President
name = Symeon C. Symeonides


caption = Symeonides in 2008
order =
university = Dean of Willamette Law School
term_start = July 1999
term_end = Present
birth_date = 1949
birth_place = Lythrodontas, Cyprus
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death_place =
predecessor = Robert M. Ackerman
successor =
alumnus = Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
Harvard Law School
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profession = professor of law
religion =
salary =
spouse = Haroula Symeonides
children =
website = [http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/faculty/symeonides.htm Website]
footnotes =|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. [http://www.comparativelaw.org/pres07.pdf President’s Message.] American Society of Comparative Law. Retrieved on February 19 2008.] A graduate of Harvard Law School, he previously taught at Louisiana State University's Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

Early years and education

Symeonides was born in Lythrodontas, Cyprus, in 1949. [http://www.ppl.nl/100years/author.php?subject=peacepalacelibrary&aulast=symeonides Symeon C. Symeonides.] Peace Palace Library. Retrieved on February 19 2008.] He then attended Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, where he studied law. In 1972 he graduated first in his class with the highest grade point average in the history of the school. [http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/faculty/profiles/symeonides/ Symeon C. Symeonides.] Willamette University College of Law. Retrieved on February 19 2008.] He earned his degree in private law. The next year he received a degree in public law, graduating summa cum laude. [http://www.ejcl.org/cv/cv-symeon.html Curriculum: Symeon C. Symeonides.] Electronic Journal of Comparative Law. Retrieved on February 19 2008.] Symeonides then moved to the United States and attended Harvard Law School where he earned two degrees. He received an LL.M. in 1974 and a DJS in 1980. He is married to Haroula Symeonides. [Former NBR students recall good old days at 3rd reunion. "The Advocate", July 18 1999.]

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. In 1989, he became the Judge Albert Tate Professor of Law at LSU, teaching there until 1999. 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. During his time at LSU he also served as a vice chancellor. In March 1999, Symeon C. Symeonides was hired as the dean at Willamette University’s law school located in Salem, Oregon, [Woods, Erika. Law dean hired by Willamette. "Statesman Journal", March 18 1999.] and assumed the position in July. In 2002, he gave the lecture for private international law at the annual meeting of the Hague Academy of International Law.Professor speaks at The Hague. "Statesman Journal", July 6 2002.] 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.

Symeonides has also taught at Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans, and his alma mater in Greece. In Europe he has taught at Universite Paris V and Louvain-1a-Neuve. Other legal work includes law reform for the Oregon Law Commission, Louisiana State Law Institute, and Puerto Rican Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence. [Meisler, Dan. Commission members. "Statesman Journal", June 16 2000.] In 2006, he became president of the American Society of Comparative Law, an organization where he had previously served as Secretary. Symeonides is also a member of the American Law Institute, Bartolus Society, and Order of the Coif. He has served as president of the American Association of Law Schools section on conflict of laws and as a member of the board of editors to the American Journal of Comparative Law.

Published works

*"Cases and Materials on Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative and International". 2nd Edition, West Group 2003. [http://www.addall.com/author/2959775-1 Symeon C. Symeonides.] AddALL.com. Retrieved on February 19 2008.]
*"Conflict of Laws". 4th Edition, West Group 2004.
*"Law and Justices in a Multistate World: Essays in Honor of Arthur T. von Mehren". Transnational Publishers 2002: editor. [ [http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lsn/v12n18.htm Law School News, August 8, 2002.] Tarlton Law Library. Retrieved on February 19 2008.]
*"Private International law at the End of the 20th Century: Progress or Regress?". Kluwer Law International 1998: editor.

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