Pippa Rogerson Explained

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,^[1] where her research covers the conflict of laws and company law. In 2017, she was a member of the university's council.^[1]

Rogerson studied economics and law at Newnham College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in 1983,^[2] and went on to be admitted as a solicitor in 1986,^[1] working for Clifford Chance. She became a fellow of Caius in 1989^[3] and was awarded a PhD in 1990 for a thesis titled Intangible property in the conflict of laws.^[4]

In May 2017, the college announced that Rogerson had been elected the next master of Gonville and Caius, succeeding Sir Alan Fersht when he retired in September 2018.^[5] She is the college's first female master, and was installed as such on 1 October 2018.^[6]

Selected works

• Book: Rogerson . Pippa . Collier's Conflict of Laws . 2013 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 978-0521735056 . 4th.

External links

• College profile
• Faculty profile
• University profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Pippa Rogerson . Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge . 25 May 2017.
2. Web site: Newnhamite elected as first female master of Gonville & Caius . . 24 May 2017 . Newnham College, University of Cambridge . 25 May 2017.
3. Web site: Dr Pippa Rogerson announced as next Master of Caius College . . 22 May 2017 . Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge . 25 May 2017.
4. PhD . Rogerson . Philippa Jane . 30 January 1990 . Intangible property in the conflict of laws . University of Cambridge.
5. Web site: New Master of Caius announced . . 22 May 2017 . Gonville & Caius, University of Cambridge . 25 May 2017.
6. Web site: Cambridge college appoints first female master . Rosemary Bennet . 22 May 2017 . The Times . 25 May 2017.