Symeon Symeonides: Reflections from Fifty Years in the Conflicts Vineyard
Earlier this year, Symeon Symeonides posted on SSRN an essay written in the occasion of a symposium titled 50 Years in the Conflicts Vineyard, which was held in the author’s honor in May 2024 at Willamette University Law School and sponsored by the Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws.
The essay – Reflections from Fifty Years in the Conflicts Vineyard – can be found here.
In it, as noted in the abstract, the author reflects on some transformative events that occurred during his fifty-year labor in teaching, writing, and legislating in the field of conflict of laws, the teachers, mentors, and authors who have influenced him, and the lessons he has learned.
The paper consists of four sections: an introduction, a ‘partial diary’ focusing on some key moments of Professor Symeonides’ academic and personal trajectory, the ‘lessons learned’ and, finally, an expression of gratitude addressed to those who organized or participated in the symposium, which marked, in the author’s words, ‘a wonderful conclusion my fifty years’ work in the conflicts vineyard’.
A remarkable piece from a true master of the discipline.