David P. Leonard
Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow
Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-1433
Fax: (213) 380-3769
E-mail: david.leonard@lls.edu
919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
Educational and Professional Background
BA, with highest honors, University of California
San Diego
JD, University of California Los Angeles
While in law school, David Leonard was a member of the UCLA Law Review. After graduation, he practiced with the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in Los Angeles before serving as a lecturer-in-law at UCLA from 1979-81. In 1981, Leonard was appointed to the faculty of Indiana University School of Law. He joined the Loyola faculty in 1990.
Professional Memberships and Activities
Member, Editorial Board, Criminal Justice Magazine
Panelist, Symposium on California Evidence Code vs. Federal Rules of Evidence (Southwestern University School of Law, 2007)
Panelist, "How (Not) to Teach the Challenging Topic of Federal Rules of Evidence 412-415" (Association of American Law Schools Conference on Evidence, 2002)
Panelist, "The Rampart Scandal: Policing the Criminal Justice System" (Loyola Law School, 2000)
Panelist, "Clergy Confidentiality in Diverse Legal Traditions" (Cardozo School of Law, 1999)
"The Legacy of Old Chief and the Definition of Relevant Evidence: Implications for Uncharged Misconduct Evidence," 36 Southwestern University Law Review 819 (2008)
Evidence: A Structured Approach (Aspen Publishers 2d ed. 2008) (with Victor Gold)
Evidence Law: A Student's Guide to the Law of Evidence as Applied In American Trials (with Roger C. Park & Steven H. Goldberg) (West Publishers 2nd ed. 2004)
"Questions and Answers: Torts" (LexisNexis 2004) (with Anita Bernstein)
Introduction, Symposium "Federal Privileges in the 21st Century," 38 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 515 (2004)
"Questions and Answers: Evidence" (LexisNexis rev. 1st ed. 2004)
"The Use of Uncharged Misconduct Evidence to Prove Knowledge," 81 Nebraska Law Review 115 (2002)
The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Selected Rules of Limited Admissibility: Regulation of Evidence to Promote Extrinsic Policies and Values (Rev. ed. 2002), with annual supplements
"Character and Motive in Evidence Law," 34 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 439 (2001)
"Different Worlds, Different Realities," 34 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 863 (2001)
"The Perilous Task of Rethinking the Character Evidence Ban," 49 Hastings Law Journal 835 (1998)
"In Defense of the Character Evidence Prohibition: Foundations of the Rule Against Trial by Character," 73 Indiana Law Journal (1998)
Advanced Evidence Seminar, Evidence, Torts