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2024 Willamette Law Review Symposium: Fifty Years in the Conflicts Vineyard

In celebration of Symeon C. Symeonides, Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair in Law & Dean Emeritus. Co-hosted by Willamette University College of Law and the Conflict of Laws Section of the Association of American Law Schools. In celebration of Dean Emeritus & Alex L. Parks Distinguished Research Chair in Law Symeon Symeonides. Co-hosted by Willamette University College of Law and the Conflict of Laws Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Professor Symeonides has completed 50 years of teaching and writing in the field of conflict of laws and will retire from the Willamette University College of Law faculty in 2025. This symposium celebrates his many contributions to legal education and the legal profession, including his major scholarly contributions in the fields of conflict of laws, comparative law, and transnational litigation, among others.

Schedule of Events

  • Wednesday, May 8

    9:00 a.m. - Opening Remarks

    • Speakers: Brian Gallini

    9:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Restating Conflicts

    • Speakers: Kermit Roosevelt, Patrick Borchers, Lea Brilmayer, and James Nafziger

    11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Codifying Conflicts

    • Speakers: Katharina Boele-Woelki, Nikolaos Davrados, and Ronald J. Scalise

    1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Lunch

    2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Comparing Conflicts

    • Speakers: Mathias Remann, Yuko Nishitani, and Thomas Main

    4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Party Autonomy

    • Speakers: Joseph Singer, John Coyle, and Hannah Buxbaum

    7:15 p.m. - Symposium Dinner

  • Thursday, May 9

    8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - Continental Breakfast

    9:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Methodology

    • Speakers: Christopher Whytock, Anthony Colangelo, Louise Ellen Teitz, and Francisco Garcimartin Alférez

    11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Judicial Jurisdiction and Judgments

    • Speakers: Linda Silberman, Aaron Simowitz, Marta Pertegás, and William Dodge

    1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Lunch

    2:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Personal Reflections

    • Speakers: John W. DeGravelles, David Kenagy, Warren Binford, Jeffrey Dobbins, Carsten Fode, Olivia Courogen, and Mike Bennet

    4:15 pm. - 6:00 p.m. - Concluding Remarks

    • Speakers: Brian Gallini and Symeon C. Symeonides