John Leubsdorf

Publications

• A Thumb on the Scales: How the Court Creates Presumptions to Change the Law
  46 N. ILL. U. L. REV. 180 (2026) · Northern Illinois University Law Review · 2026
• Against Personal Jurisdiction Law
  72 DEPAUL L. REV. 65 (2022) · DePaul Law Review · 2022

• Does the American Rule Promote Access to Justice? Was that Why it was Adopted?
  67 DUKE L.J. 257 (2019) · Duke Law Journal · 2019
• Unmasking Mullane: Due Process, Common Trust Funds, and the Class Action Wars
  66 UC L.J. 1693 (2015) · UC Law Journal · 2015
• The Surprising History of the Preponderance Standard of Civil Proof
  67 FLA. L. REV. 1569 (2015) · Florida Law Review · 2015
• Justice Unrepresented
  24 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. 247 (2013) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 2013
• Conflicts of Interest: Slicing the Hot Potato Doctrine
  48 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 251 (2011) · San Diego Law Review · 2011

• Legal Ethics Falls Apart
  57 BUFF. L. REV. 959 (2009) · Buffalo Law Review · 2009
• Preliminary Injunctions: In Defense of the Merits
  76 FORDHAM L. REV. 33 (2007) · Fordham Law Review · 2007
• Against Lawyer Retaining Liens
  72 FORDHAM L. REV. 849 (2004) · Fordham Law Review · 2004
• On the History of French Legal Ethics
  8 U. CHI. L. SCH. ROUNDTABLE (2001) · The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable · 2001
• The Structure of Judicial Opinions
  86 MINN. L. REV. 447 (2001) · Minnesota Law Review · 2001

• Co-Opting the Class Action
  80 CORNELL L. REV. 1222 (1995) · Cornell Law Review · 1995
• Pluralizing the Client-Lawyer Relationship
  77 CORNELL L. REV. 825 (1992) · Cornell Law Review · 1992
• Stories and Numbers
  13 CARDOZO L. REV. 455 (1991) · Cardozo Law Review · 1991

• Toward a History of the American Rule on Attorney Fee Recovery
  47 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 9 (1984) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1984
• Three Models of Professional Reform
  67 CORNELL L. REV. 1021 (1982) · Cornell Law Review · 1982
• The Contingency Factor in Attorney Fee Awards
  90 YALE L.J. 473 (1981) · Yale Law Journal · 1981

• Communicating With Another Lawyer's Client: The Lawyer's Veto and the Client's Interests
  127 U. PENN. L. REV. 683 (1979) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1979
• The Standard for Preliminary Injunctions
  91 HARV. L. REV. 525 (1978) · Harvard Law Review · 1978

• Review Article
  81 HARV. L. REV. 1362 (1968) · Harvard Law Review · 1968