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Patricia Cochran serves as Associate Dean, Administration and Research, and Associate Professor at the University of Victoria's Faculty of Law, where she has taught constitutional law, legal methodologies, feminist legal theories, statutory interpretation, equality and human rights law, and evidence law since joining in 2014.
Her academic credentials include:
- BA Honours from McGill University (1999)
- MA from University of Toronto (2000)
- LLB from University of British Columbia (2004)
- LLM from University of Victoria (2006)
- PhD in Law from University of British Columbia (2013)
Dr. Cochran's research centers on theories of judgment as frameworks for addressing law and justice within pluralistic, unequal, and colonial contexts. Her interdisciplinary work bridges constitutional law, multijuralism, and law and humanities, with emphasis on relational legal approaches, rhetorical analysis of legal texts, and intersections with political theory. Her 2017 monograph "Common Sense and Legal Judgment" critically examines judgment, knowledge, and rhetoric in legal practice.
Analysis of her publications (2007-2024) reveals persistent exploration of jurisdictional dynamics, legal judgment, and multijural statutory interpretation. She investigates these themes through constitutional democracy, administrative state challenges, colonial legacies, and community knowledge systems, connecting theoretical frameworks to practical applications in anti-poverty litigation, human rights, and Indigenous rights contexts like Caring Society v Canada.
Scientific awards: None mentioned.
Dr. Cochran actively supervises LLM and PhD candidates specializing in legal and political theory, constitutional law, theories of judgment, relational law approaches, multijuralism, legal technology, and law and humanities methodologies, fostering research that interrogates power structures within legal systems.
