Biography
Professor Bronsteen joined the faculty in 2005. He came to Loyola from the University of Chicago Law School, where he had spent two years as a Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law. Before that, he was an associate at Goldstein & Howe in Washington, D.C. and a law clerk for Chief Judge Douglas Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Education
A.B., Harvard, 1997
J.D., Yale, 2001

Loyola University Chicago
School of Law
25 E. Pearson Street
Room 1320
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone:(312) 654-1511
Fax:(312) 915-7201
Email: jbronst@luc.edu

Fall 2009 Teaching Schedule

Courses Taught

Class Actions Seminar
Criminal Law
Federal Courts
Federal Criminal Law
Law and Psychology

Publications 

Professor John Bronsteen's SSRN Webpage

Articles

Well-Being Analysis, 98 Georgetown L.J. (forthcoming 2010) (with Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan Masur)

Happiness and Punishment, 76 U. Chicago L. Rev. ____ (forthcoming 2009) (with Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan Masur) Abstract | Full Article (PDF)

Some Thoughts About the Economics of Settlement, 77 Fordham L. Rev. (forthcoming 2009) (symposium)

Retribution's Role, 84 Indiana L.J. 1129 (2009) Abstract | Full Article

Describing the Effect of Adaptation on Settlement, 109 Columbia L. Rev. Sidebar 21 (2009) (with Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan Masur) Full Article

Hedonic Adaptation and the Settlement of Civil Lawsuits, 109 Columbia L. Rev. 1516 (2008) (with Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan Masur) Abstract | Full Article

ERISA, Agency Costs, and the Future of Health Care in the United States, 76 Fordham L. Rev. 2297 (2008) (with Brendan Maher and Peter Stris) Abstract | Full Article

Against Summary Judgment, 75 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 522 (2007) Abstract  |  Full Article (PDF)

Class Action Settlements: An Opt-in Proposal, 2005 U. Illinois L. Rev. 903 (2005) Abstract  |  Full Article (PDF)

The Class Action Rule, 78 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1419 (2003) (with Owen Fiss) Abstract  |  Full Article (PDF)

Books
Writing a Legal Memo (Foundation Press 2006). Available here.

Law Faculty
Law Administration & Staff