James Marshall Klebba

Victor H. Schiro Professor of Law
B.A., 1964, St. John's University; J.D., 1967, Harvard Law School.

Prior to joining the faculty at Loyola in 1973, Professor Klebba was in private practice with the firm of Dorsey and Whitney in Minneapolis. He also has experience as an arbitrator. He has served the law school previously as Associate Dean and also as Interim Dean and Dean. Professor Klebba was a visiting law professor at the Universities of Minnesota, Missouri and Kansas. He has lectured extensively in Eastern Europe and the former U.S.S.R. and has been the Director of Loyola's Summer Legal Studies Program in Moscow and Budapest. In the fall semester of 2004, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Belgrade. Professor Klebba is a former chair of the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Civil Procedure. He teaches courses in the areas of civil procedure, evidence, federal courts and comparative judicial systems.

E-mail: klebba@loyno.edu
Office Phone: 504-861-5669

Publications

Books:

• Comments on Draft of Judicial Code for the Republic of Armenia (The American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative, 2006) (Co-author).
• Assessment of the Draft Law on the Constitutional Court and Corresponding Draft on Constitutional Amendment for the Republic of Moldova (The American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative April 2002) (Co-author)
• Analysis of the Internal Regulations of Tirana Law Faculty for the Republic of Albania (The American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative August 2002) (Co-author)
• Analysis of the Draft Code of Judicial Ethics for the Republic of Bulgaria (The American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (hereinafter “CEELI” October 2001) (Co-author)
• Assessment of the Draft Republic of Montenegro Courts Act CEELI, (2000)
• Analysis of two drafts “of the Act on Organization and State Administration of Courts for the Slovak Republic CEELI, (December, 1997)
• Concept Paper on Judicial Reforms for the Republic of Armenia, with others (The American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI), 1997). 152 pages.
• Analysis of the Draft Law on Common Courts for the Republic of Georgia, with others (The American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI), 1996). 126 pages.
• Analysis of the Draft Law on the Status of Judges for the Kyrgyz Republic, with others (The American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI), 1996). 145 pages.
• CALI Exercise. Jurisdiction over the Person: Constitutional Requirements, Long-Arm Statutes and a Comparison of the Treatment of Individuals and Corporations (Minneapolis, MN: Center for Computer Assisted Instruction, 1996). 198 pages. Updated 1997-
• Analysis of Two Draft Laws on Appraisal for the Russian Federation, with others (The American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative (CEELI), 1996). 224 pages.
• Evidence Cases and Problems, 2nd edition, with four others (Norcross, GA: The Harrison Company, 1995). 908 pages.
• General Editor, Legal and Institutional Analysis of Louisiana's Water Laws with Relationship to the Water Laws of Other States and the Federal Government (Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works, 1983). 2024 pages. Wrote 124 pages.
• Water Resources Legislation for Louisiana: A Report Submitted to the Louisiana Legislature (1982) 115 pages.

Book Chapters:

• "Class Actions and Other Multi-Party Litigation: A Comparative Perspective" Prauni Zivot IV, (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Mt. Kopaonik School of Natural Law on the Theme of "Law and Humane Future") pp. 49-65, Belgrade, 2006.
• “Comparative Civil Procedure: The Civil Law and Anglo American Common Law.” Pravni Zivot IV, (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Mt. Kopaonik School of Natural Law on the theme of “Law and Cultural Differences”) pp. 1143-1150, Belgrade, 2004.
• “Differences in Evidence Rules as Between Civil and Criminal Cases under the Federal Rules of Evidence,” in New Trends in Criminal Investigation and Evidence, Vol. II, pp. 409-423, Intersentia Press, Antwerpt (2000).
• Contributing Author, Park and McFarland, Computer-Aided Exercises on Civil Procedure, West Publishing Company (Fourth Edition 1995) pp. 78-80.
• Master Plan for the Red River Watershed in Louisiana, Water Rights and Water Law Section, Read River Development Council, Natchitoches, LA (1990) 59 pages.

Articles:

• Confessions of a Recidivist Interim Dean, 33 U. Tol. L. Rev. 91 (2001)
• Conflict and Cooperation in the American Federal Court System, XXXV Acta Facultatis Politica- Juridicae Scientiarum Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvos Nominate (Faculty Journal of Law and Political Science at the Eötvos Loránd University of Budapest, (1995/96).
• "Water Rights and Water Policy in Louisiana: Laissez Faire Riparianism, Market Based Approaches, or a New Managerialism?", 53 La. L. Rev. 1779-1846 (1993).
• "Judicial Federalism in the United States," 40 Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade (University of Belgrade) 209-220 (July-August 1992).
• Book Review. Programmed Materials on Problems in Evidence, by Kimball, 30 J. Legal Educ. 601-611 (1980).
• Book Review. A Modern Approach to Evidence, by Lempert and Saltzburg, 30 J. Legal Educ. 601-611 (1980).
• "Case Analysis of General Telephone of the Northwest v. E.E.O.C.," 1979-80 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cases (May 4, 1980).
• "Insuring Solar Access on Retrofits: The Problem and Some Solutions," 5 Solar Engineering Mag. 16 (Jan. 1980).
• "Civil Procedure and Federal Jurisdiction," (5th Circuit Symposium) 23 Loy. L. Rev. 701-744 (1977).
• Book Review. Federal Courts, Cases and Materials, by Currie, 31 Sw. L.J. 961-968 (1977).
• "Environmental Law," (5th Circuit Symposium) 21 Loy. L. Rev. 555-586 (1975).
• "The Fifth Circuit and the Environment: The Quest for Effective Review of Agency Action," (5th Circuit Symposium) 20 Loy. L. Rev. 499-527 (1974).

Updated July 25, 2007