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Robert F. Cochran Jr.
Director, The Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics and Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law

Office: School of Law (SOL)
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  • J.D., University of Virgina, 1976
  • B.A., Carson-Newman College, 1973, magna cum laude

Curriculum Vitae

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Professor Cochran is the co-author of Lawyers, Clients, and Moral Responsibility, 2nd ed. West (2009); Cases and Materials on the Legal Profession, 2nd ed. (1996); The Counselor-at- Law: A Collaborative Approach to Client Interviewing and Counseling, 2nd ed. Matthew Bender (2006); Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought, Yale University Press (2001); Law and Community: The Case of Torts, Rowman and Littlefield (2003); and Faith and Law: How Religious Traditions from Calvinism to Islam View American Law, NYU Press (2008).

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Books


  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., LOUIS D. BRANDEIS'S MIT LECTURES ON BUSINESS LAW (Carolina Academic Press 2012). WorldCat
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr. & Thomas L. Shaffer, LAWYERS, CLIENTS, AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY (West, 2d ed. 2009). WorldCat
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., FAITH AND LAW: HOW RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS FROM CALVINISM TO ISLAM VIEW AMERICAN LAW (Robert F. Cochran, Jr. ed., NYU Press 2008). WorldCat
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., John M.A. DiPippa & Martha M. Peters, THE COUNSELOR-AT-LAW: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CLIENT INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING (LexisNexis, 2d ed. 2006). WorldCat
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., LAW AND COMMUNITY: THE CASE OF TORTS (Rowman & Littlefield 2004). WorldCat
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr. & Teresa S. Collett, CASES AND MATERIALS ON THE LEGAL PROFESSION (West, 2d ed. 2003). WorldCat
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES ON LEGAL THOUGHT (Robert F. Cochran et al. eds., Yale Univ. Press 2001).
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., John M.A. DiPippa & Martha M. Peters, THE COUNSELOR-AT-LAW: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CLIENT INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING (Lexis 1999).
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr. & Teresa S. Collett, CASES AND MATERIALS ON THE RULES OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION (West 1996).
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr. & Thomas L. Shaffer, LAWYERS, CLIENTS, AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY (West 1994).

    • Book Chapters


  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Introductory Essay, in LOUIS D. BRANDEIS'S MIT LECTURES ON BUSINESS LAW (Carolina Academic Press 2012) . SSRN
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr. (ed.), Evangelicals, Law, and Abortion, in FAITH AND LAW: HOW RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS FROM CALVINISM TO ISLAM VIEW AMERICAN LAW (Robert F. Cochran, Jr. ed., NYU Press 2008) .
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., The Bible, Positive Law, and the Legal Academy, in THE BIBLE AND THE UNIVERSITY (David Lyle Jeffrey & C. Stephen Evans eds., Paternoster Press 2007) . WorldCat
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Christian Traditions, Culture and Law, in CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES ON LEGAL THOUGHT (Robert F. Cochran et al. eds., Yale Univ. Press 2001) .
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Tort Law and Intermediate Communities: Calvinist and Catholic Insights, in CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES ON LEGAL THOUGHT (Robert F. Cochran et al. eds., Yale Univ. Press 2001) .

    • Articles


  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Lous D. Brandeis and the Lawyer Advocacy System, 40 PEPP. L. REV. 351 (2013) SSRN
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr. and Michael A. Helfand, The Competing Claims of Law and Religion: Who Should Influence Whom?: Introduction, 39 PEPP. L. REV. 1051 (2012) (symposium issue) SSRN
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Collaborative Practice's Radical Possibilities For the Legal Profession: "[Two Lawyers And Two Clients] For The Situation", 11 PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L.J. 229 (2011) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Introduction: Blessed are the Compromisers?, 38 PEPP. L. Rev. 813 (2011) HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Legal Ethics and Collaborative Practice Ethics, 38 HOFSTRA L. REV. 537 (2010) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Is there a Higher Law? Does it Matter?: Introduction, 36 PEPP. L. REV. [Special Issue] I (2009) (symposium issue) HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Lawyers, Actors, and Role-Playing: Private Lives and Professional Roles?, CHRISTIAN LAW., Spring 2007, at 16
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr. & Thomas L. Shaffer, "Technical" Defenses: Ethics, Morals, and the Lawyer as Friend, 14 CLINICAL L. REV. 337 (2007) HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Catholic and Evangelical Supreme Court Justices: A Theological Analysis, 4 U. ST. THOMAS L.J. 296 (2006) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., The Catholic Court Appeal: Why So Many Catholic Justices on the Supreme Court? Why Now?, TOUCHSTONE, Jul./Aug. 2006, at 40
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Introduction: Can The Ordinary Practice of Law be a Religious Calling?, 32 PEPP. L. REV. 373 (2005) (symposium issue) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., "How Do You Plead, Guilty or Not Guilty?": Does the Plea Inquiry Violate the Defendant's Right to Silence?, 26 CARDOZO L. REV. 1409 (2005) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Raising Required Exam Score Likely Will Result in Lower Ethical Standards, L.A. DAILY J., Dec. 3, 2004, at 6
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr. & Robert M. Ackerman, Law, Community, and Personal Injury, 14 THE RESPONSIVE COMMUNITY 77 (2004)
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Introduction: Three Approaches to Moral Issues in Law Office Counseling, 30 PEPP. L. REV. 591 (2003) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Educating Clients on ADR Alternatives: The Rules of Professional Conduct Should Require Lawyers to Inform Clients About ADR, L.A. LAW., Oct. 2002, at 52 HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Hedonic Product Liability: Will Alcohol Follow the Tobacco Road?, THE BRIEF, Fall 2002, at 12
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Lawyers and Confession: Moral Discourse, NAT'L L.J., Oct. 15, 2001, at A25
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Professional Rules and ADR: Control of Alternative Dispute Resolution Under the ABA Ethics 2000 Commission Proposal and Other Professional Responsibility Standards, 28 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 895 (2001) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., From Cigarettes to Alcohol: The Next Step in Hedonic Product Liability?, 27 PEPP. L. REV. 701 (2000) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Honor as a Deficient Aspiration for "The Honorable Profession": The Lawyer as Nostromo, 69 FORDHAM L. REV. 859 (2000) HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Professionalism in the Postmodern Age: Its Death, Attempts at Resuscitation, and Alternate Sources of Virtue, 14 NOTRE DAME J.L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 305 (2000) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., The Criminal Defense Attorney: Roadblock or Bridge to Restorative Justice, 14 J.L. & RELIGION 211 (1999-2000) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Professional and Christian Responsibilities to the Poor, 19 PEPP. L. 14 (Spring 1999)
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., ADR, the ABA, and Client Control: A Proposal that the Model Rules Require Lawyers to Present ADR Options to Clients, 41 S. TEX. L. REV. 183 (1999) HeinOnline

    • Book Reviews


  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Christianity and Law: An Introduction, 25 J. L. & RELIGION 249 (2010) (book review). HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., American Lawyers & Their Communities: Ethics in the Legal Profession, 16 J.L. & RELIGION 751 (2001) (book review). HeinOnline
  • Robert F. Cochran, Jr., The Rule of Law(yers), 65 MO. L. REV. 571 (2000) (book review). HeinOnline

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