Fifty Years in the Conflicts Vineyard

Schedule of Events

• Wednesday, May 8

  9:00 a.m. - Opening Remarks

  • Speakers:
    • Brian Gallini, Dean & Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law

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

  • Speakers:
    • Kermit Roosevelt, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
    • Patrick Borchers, Lillis Family Professorship in Law Professor, Creighton University School of Law
    • Lea Brilmayer, Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of Law Emerita, Yale Law School
    • James Nafziger, Thomas B. Stoel Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law

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

  • Speakers:
    • Katharina Boele-Woelki, Chair & Dean, Claussen Simon Foundation Professor of Comparative Law, Bucerius Law School, Germany
    • Nikolaos Davrados, Professor of Law & Assistant Director of Center of Civil Law Studies and International Programs, Louisiana State University Law
    • Ronald J. Scalise, 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

  • Speakers:
    • Mathias Remann, Hessel E. Yntema Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law
    • Yuko Nishitani, Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Law, Japan
    • Thomas Main, 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

  • Speakers:
    • Joseph Singer, Bussey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • John Coyle, Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Faculty Development, University of North Carolina School of Law
    • Hannah Buxbaum, 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

  • Speakers:
    • Christopher Whytock, Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
    • Anthony Colangelo, Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
    • Louise Ellen Teitz, 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

  • Speakers:
    • Linda Silberman, Clarence D. Ashley Professor of Law Emerita, New York University School of Law
    • Aaron Simowitz, Associate Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law
    • Marta Pertegás, Professor of Law and Chair on Private International Law and Transnational Law, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
    • William Dodge, 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:
    • John W. DeGravelles, U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Louisiana
    • David Kenagy, Former Associate Dean, Willamette University College of Law
    • Warren Binford, W.H. Lea Endowed Chair for Justice in Pediatric Law, University of Colorado
    • Jeffrey Dobbins, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law
    • Carsten Fode, Honorary Professor of Law, Aarhus University, Denmark
    • Olivia Courogen '22, Attorney, Buchalter, Former Research Assistant
    • Mike Bennet '70, Former Associate Vice President, Willamette University

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

  • Speakers:
    • Brian Gallini, Dean & Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law
    • Symeon C. Symeonides, Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law & Dean Emeritus, Willamette University College of Law