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Full Name
Robert Rocklin
First Name
Robert
Last Name
Rocklin
Affiliation
Instructor
Title
Pro Tem Instructor
Departments
Law
Programs, Research and Outreach
Legal Studies
Teaching Level
Undergraduate
Interests
Criminal law, criminal justice, law & psychology
Profile Section
Biography

Bob Rocklin currently studies psychology and law, with an emphasis on criminal justice, judicial decision making, judicial selection, and empirical legal studies generally.  Before turning to psychology, Rocklin had a long career as an appellate lawyer and, before that, as a corporate tax lawyer.  Since 1998, Bob Rocklin has taught various courses at Willamette University College of Law and at the University of Oregon School of law.  Rocklin received his A.B. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, his J.D. from UCLA, and his M.S. in Psychology from the UO.

Publications

Joan M. Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Coughlin, & Sandy Patrick, An Advocate Persuades (Carolina Academic Press 2023).

Robert B. Rocklin & Kathleen Correll, The Death Penalty, in Criminal Law (Oregon CLE 2005).

Academic Interests

Law and psychology, legal decision making, judicial decision making, empirical legal studies, death penalty, appellate advocacy, criminal law, criminal justice.

Courses

Criminal Law (UG); The Death Penalty (UG)

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