Pippa Rogerson
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Philippa Jane Rogerson is a British solicitor and academic. She was the first woman to be Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Cambridge, where her research covers the conflict of laws and company law. In 2024 Rogerson announced her intention to retire as master and return to teaching and research.
Life
Philippa Jane Rogerson is a British solicitor and academic who has been Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge since 2018. She is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Cambridge,{{cite web |title=Professor Pippa Rogerson |url=https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/p-rogerson/70 |access-date=25 May 2017 |website=Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge}} where her research covers the conflict of laws and company law. In 2017, she was a member of the university's council.
Rogerson studied economics and law at Newnham College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in 1983,{{cite web |author= |date=24 May 2017 |title=Newnhamite elected as first female master of Gonville & Caius |url=http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news/newnhamite-elected-as-first-female-master-of-gonville-caius-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202185659/http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news/newnhamite-elected-as-first-female-master-of-gonville-caius-2/ |archive-date=2 Feb 2023 |access-date=25 May 2017 |website=Newnham College, University of Cambridge}} and went on to be admitted as a solicitor in 1986, working for Clifford Chance. She became a fellow of Caius in 1989{{cite web |author= |date=22 May 2017 |title=Dr Pippa Rogerson announced as next Master of Caius College |url=https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/news/2017/05/dr-pippa-rogerson-announced-next-master-caius-college |access-date=25 May 2017 |website=Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge}} and was awarded a PhD in 1990 for a thesis titled Intangible property in the conflict of laws.{{cite thesis |last=Rogerson |first=Philippa Jane |title=Intangible property in the conflict of laws |date=30 January 1990 |type=PhD |publisher=University of Cambridge |url=http://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44CAM_MANUSCRPDB13193&context=L&vid=44CAM_PROD&lang=en_US&search_scope=default_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,philippa%20jane%20rogerson&sortby=rank&offset=0}}
In May 2017, the college announced that Rogerson had been elected the next master of Gonville and Caius, succeeding chemist Sir Alan Fersht when he retired in September 2018.{{cite web |author= |date=22 May 2017 |title=New Master of Caius announced |url=https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/new-master-caius-announced |access-date=25 May 2017 |website=Gonville & Caius, University of Cambridge}} She is the college's forty-third master, and first female master, and was installed as such on 1 October 2018.{{cite web |author=Rosemary Bennet |date=22 May 2017 |title=Cambridge college appoints first female master |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/cambridge-college-appoints-first-female-master-svqvvp5wt |access-date=25 May 2017 |website=The Times}} Rogerson announced her intention to retire as master after seven years in the role, intending to return to teaching and research in private international law.{{Cite web |title=Gonville & Caius Master announces retirement |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/26874 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Varsity Online |language=en}}
She was a governor of Oundle School for ten years. She has five children.
Selected works
- {{cite book |last1=Rogerson |first1=Pippa |title=Collier's Conflict of Laws |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0521735056 |edition=4th}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/people/pippa-rogerson College profile]
- [http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/p-rogerson/70 Faculty profile]
- [https://www.governance.cam.ac.uk/committee-members/members/Pages/Pippa-Rogerson.aspx University profile]
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Category:English legal scholars
Category:English legal writers
Category:Conflict of laws scholars
Category:Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Category:Masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge