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] 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 served in the position from July 1999–February 2011. [4] He is the Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law,Dean Emeritus. [3] 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 has included 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 succeeded by Peter Letsou. [9]
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