Joseph Thurston Bockrath is the R. Gordon Kean Professor of Law at the LSU Law Center. He joined the faculty in 1976 following three years as an Assistant Professor of Marine Studies at the College of Marine Studies at the University of Delaware

University of Delaware

The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...

. His teaching areas include Civil Procedure

Civil procedure

Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits...

, Constitutional Law

Constitutional law

Constitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....

, Professional Responsibility

Professional responsibility

Professional responsibility is the area of legal practice that encompasses the duties of attorneys to act in a professional manner, obey the law, avoid conflicts of interest, and put the interests of clients ahead of their own interests....

, and Contracts.

Educational background

• A.B., 1968, California State College
• J.D., 1971, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
  University of California, Hastings College of the Law
  University of California, Hastings College of the Law is a public law school in San Francisco, California, located in the Civic Center neighborhood....
  
  

Books

• Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers and Architects 6th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN 007039363X,

This book is part of the curriculum in legal or engineering programs at Drexel University

Drexel University

Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...

, Western Carolina University

Western Carolina University

Western Carolina University is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States. The university is a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system....

, Anna University

Anna University

Anna University was a premier technical university in Tamil Nadu, India. Anna University was formed on September 4, 1978, as a unitary university that integrated four technical institutions in the city of Chennai , including the College of Engineering, Guindy, Alagappa College of Technology,...

, Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....

, and the extension program at University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...

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• Contracts, Specifications & Law for Engineers
• Environmental Law for Engineers, Scientists, and Managers
• Basic Civil Procedure

External links

• Profile at law.lsu.edu
• Fan page: Joseph T. Bockrath quotes