A world-renowned expert in international and comparative law and conflict of laws, Dean Symeonides is a life member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, vice president and former secretary of the American Society of Comparative Law, former chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws, and a member of the Order of the Coif, the American Law Institute, the Oregon Law Commission, and the Bartolus Society. Dean Symeonides has been active in law reform, both in the United States and abroad, and provided legislative advice to the European Union Parliament and the numerous foreign governments. His teaching subjects include Conflict of Laws, Comparative Law, International Litigation and Property.

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Steven Green is a widely sought speaker at national conferences and a prolific scholar whose writings have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as lower courts. He frequently serves as a free speech, freedom of religion and Supreme Court expert for national news organizations, including The New York Times and National Public Radio, and he has been a community writer for the Opinion section of The Oregonian (read his columns here). Prior to joining the Willamette faculty, he served for nine years as general counsel and director of policy for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a national public interest organization in Washington, D.C., that concentrates on First Amendment issues. He has extensive litigation and appellate experience in First Amendment law involving issues such as school prayer, public funding of religious institutions, public religious displays, religious discrimination, religious free exercise and freedom of speech.

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A constitutional law expert, Norman Williams has been quoted in the national press, including The New York Times. In 2001 he joined the Willamette University College of Law, where he teaches constitutional law, administrative law and advanced governmental structure, and decision-making processes. Prior to joining Willamette, Williams clerked for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. From 1996 to 2001, he practiced in the U.S. Supreme Court and Appellate Practice group of the New York law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt.

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Michael Wise teaches civil procedure, constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and human rights law, and is a published authority in these areas. Wise was an attorney and advisor for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1971 to 1973 and a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division from 1977 to 1981. He served as assistant director of the Notre Dame Center for Civil Rights from 1973 to 1977. Wise joined the Willamette University College of Law faculty in 1981.

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An expert in federal and state public law, Professor Diller joined the Willamette law faculty in 2005. He teaches Property, State and Local Government Law, and Real Estate Transactions. His scholarly interests also include constitutional and education law. Diller received his law degree from the University of Michigan, where he was articles editor of the Michigan Law Review. Following graduation, Diller served as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia. He then worked for three years as an attorney in the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented the United States in litigation involving constitutional, administrative and international law.

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Steven Green is a widely sought speaker at national conferences and a prolific scholar whose writings have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as lower courts. He frequently serves as a free speech, freedom of religion and Supreme Court expert for national news organizations, including The New York Times and National Public Radio, and he has been a community writer for the Opinion section of The Oregonian (read his columns here). Prior to joining the Willamette faculty, he served for nine years as general counsel and director of policy for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a national public interest organization in Washington, D.C., that concentrates on First Amendment issues. He has extensive litigation and appellate experience in First Amendment law involving issues such as school prayer, public funding of religious institutions, public religious displays, religious discrimination, religious free exercise and freedom of speech.

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A constitutional law expert, Norman Williams has been quoted in the national press, including The New York Times. In 2001 he joined the Willamette University College of Law, where he teaches constitutional law, administrative law and advanced governmental structure, and decision-making processes. Prior to joining Willamette, Williams clerked for Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. From 1996 to 2001, he practiced in the U.S. Supreme Court and Appellate Practice group of the New York law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt.

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After graduating with dual degrees from Duke University, where he served as articles editor of the Duke Law Journal, Professor Dobbins clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He then served as law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. Dobbins worked for four years in the Commercial Litigation Group of Perkins Coie LLP in Portland, Ore., and for six years in the Appellate Section of the Environment Division at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career, he has briefed and argued more than 50 cases in federal and state appellate courts. Dobbins joined the Willamette law faculty in 2006. He teaches Federal Courts, Administrative Law and Appellate Procedure.

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Hans A. Linde is a retired justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. He served on the Court from 1977 to 1990 and was a member of Oregon’s Commission on Constitutional Revision from 1961 to 1963. Linde has served as a commissioner for the Oregon Law Commission since its inception in 1997. He is a member of the Council of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Earlier in his career, Linde served as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, as an attorney in the Office of the Legal Adviser to the Department of State, and as legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Richard L. Neuberger. A prolific scholar, his publications include a course book in legislative and administrative processes and more than 75 articles, lectures and reviews.

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