Robert Cochran

Senior Fellow

Louis D. Brandeis Professor Emeritus of Law at Pepperdine University

From 1983-2020, Bob was a Professor of Law at Pepperdine University. While there, he was the Director and Founder of the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics and co-founder of the Global Justice Program.

Robert F. Cochran, Jr. is the Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law at Pepperdine University. He has published 10 books and over 60 articles. His books include Agape, Justice, and Law (Cambridge University Press) (with Zachary Calo); Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought (Yale University Press) (with Michael McConnell and Angela Carmella); Faith and Law (NYU Press); Law and the Bible: Justice, Mercy, and Legal Institutions (InterVarsity Press) (with David VanDrunen); Law and Community (Rowman & Littlefield) (with Robert M. Ackerman); and Lawyers, Clients, and Moral Responsibility (West) (with Thomas L. Shaffer). In recent years he has traveled to Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, South Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand with Pepperdine’s Global Justice Program, assisting human rights groups, supervising students, consulting with governments on religious freedom issues, and speaking on religion and law.

Bob has traveled to Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, and China, assisting global justice groups, supervising students, consulting with governments on religious freedom issues, and speaking on religion and law. He has written or edited 10 books, most recently “The Servant Lawyer: Facing the Challenges of Christian Faith and Everyday Law Practice” (IVP Academic, 2024).

Cochran, Robert F., Jr., and Zachary Calo, editors. Agape, Justice, and Law: How Might Christian Love Shape Law? Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Cochran, Robert F., Jr., editor. The Intercountry Adoption Debate: Dialogues Across Disciplines. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Cochran, Robert F., Jr., John M. A. DiPippa, and Martha M. Peters. The Counselor-at-Law: A Collaborative Approach to Client Interviewing and Counseling. 3rd ed., LexisNexis, 2014.

Cochran, Robert F., Jr., David VanDrunen, and John Witte, Jr. Law and the Bible: Justice, Mercy, and Legal Institutions. IVP Academic, 2013.

Cochran, Robert F., Jr., editor. Faith and Law: How Religious Traditions from Calvinism to Islam View American Law. NYU Press, 2008.

Cochran, Robert F., Jr., editor. Law and Community: The Case of Torts. Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.

Cochran, Robert F., Jr., Michael McConnell, and Angela Carmella. Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought. Yale University Press, 2001.