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Fifty Years in the Conflicts Vineyard

The "Fifty Years in the Conflicts Vineyard" symposium will honor Symeon C. Symeonides, Alex L. Parks Distinguished Chair in Law & Dean Emeritus. The symposium is co-hosted by 杏十八新茶分享 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 comparative private international law. He will retire from the 杏十八新茶分享 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.

The symposium will be held at 杏十八新茶分享, Oregon Civic Justice Center, 790 State St., Salem, OR 97301. In-person and virtual attendance is by only. Application for CLE credit pending. 

Schedule of Events

All panel discussions, breakfasts, and lunches will be held in OCJC Room 213.
  • Wednesday, May 8

    9:00 a.m. - Opening Remarks

     Speakers:
    • Brian Gallini, Dean & Professor of Law, 杏十八新茶分享 College of Law

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

    • Moderator
      • Aaron Simowitz, Associate Professor of Law, 杏十八新茶分享 College of Law
    •  Speakers:
      • , David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
      • , Lillis Family Professorship in Law Professor, Creighton University School of Law
      • , Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of Law Emerita, Yale Law School
      • James Nafziger, Thomas B. Stoel Professor of Law, 杏十八新茶分享 College of Law

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

    • Moderator
      • , Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP
    •  Speakers:
      • , Chair & Dean Emerita, Claussen Simon Foundation Professor of Comparative Law Emerita, Bucerius Law School, Germany
      • , Professor of Law & Assistant Director of Center of Civil Law Studies and International Programs, Louisiana State University Law
      • , John Minor Wisdom Professor of Civil Law, Tulane University Law School

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

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

    • Moderator 
      • , Professor, University of Vienna
    •  Speakers:
      • , Hessel E. Yntema Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law
      • , Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Law, Japan
      • , William S. Boyd Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law

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

    • Moderator 
      • , John D. Ayer Chair in Business and Martin Luther King Jr.
        Professor of Law, University of California, Davis School of Law
    •  Speakers:
      • , Bussey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
      • , Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Faculty Development, University of North Carolina School of Law
      • , Vice President for International Affairs, John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics and Professor of Law, Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law

    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

    • Moderator 
      • , Woodbridge Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School
    •  Speakers:
      • , Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
      • , Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
      • , Distinguished Research Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law
      • Francisco Garcimartin Alférez, Professor and Chair of Private International Law, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain

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

    • Moderator 
      • Jeffrey Dobbins, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Law, 杏十八新茶分享 College of Law
    •  Speakers:
      • , Clarence D. Ashley Professor of Law Emerita, New York University School of Law
      • Aaron Simowitz, Associate Professor of Law, 杏十八新茶分享 College of Law
      • , Professor of Law and Chair on Private International Law and Transnational Law, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
      • , John D. Ayer Chair in Business and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, University of California, Davis School of Law

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

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

    • Speakers:
      • , U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Louisiana
      • , Former Associate Dean, 杏十八新茶分享 College of Law
      • , W.H. Lea Endowed Chair for Justice in Pediatric Law, University of Colorado
      • Jeffrey Dobbins, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law, 杏十八新茶分享 College of Law
      • , Honorary Professor of Law, Aarhus University, Denmark
      • '22, Attorney, Buchalter, Former Research Assistant
      • Mike Bennet '70, Former Associate Vice President, 杏十八新茶分享

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

    • Speakers:
      • Brian Gallini, Dean & Professor of Law, 杏十八新茶分享 College of Law
      • Symeon C. Symeonides, Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law & Dean Emeritus, 杏十八新茶分享 College of Law