Dear LMU Community:
I am saddened to share that Distinguished Retired Professor David Tunick of LMU Loyola Law School passed away on Jan. 18, 2026. He was 85 years old.
Professor Tunick joined the law school faculty in 1979 and devoted decades of service to educating students. Professor Tunick exhibited exceptional breadth as an educator. He frequently taught “Computers and the Law,” “Civil Procedure,” “Remedies,” “Legal Writing,” and “Conflict of Laws,” and was known for his warmth, openness, and humor. He was also widely recognized for his early leadership in the field of computer law. Professor Tunick authored “Computers and the Law: Cases and Materials,” the first casebook on computer law published in the United States, as well as numerous law review articles on computers and the law and law school education. He made serious legal issues more accessible through his trademark humor, co-authoring such satirical law review articles as “The Law of Prime Numbers” and “The Jurisprudence of Yogi Berra.”
After graduating from law school, Professor Tunick served as a law clerk to the Honorable Malcolm M. Lucas of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He later practiced with Mori & Katayama in Los Angeles.
Professor Tunick earned his B.A. in mathematics from UCLA and his J.D. from UCLA in 1971. He was also a member of the Order of the Coif, a prestigious honorary society that recognizes law school graduates for their high academic achievement.
Please keep David, his family, friends, and colleagues in your thoughts and prayers.
With care,
Thomas Poon, Ph.D.
President and Professor
