Robert Stevens (lawyer)

Robert Bocking Stevens (born 8 June 1933)[1] is a British lawyer and academic.

Not to be confused with Robert Stevens (jurist).

Robert Bocking Stevens
22nd Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
In office 1993–2001
Preceded by	Roger Bannister
Succeeded by	Giles Henderson
5th Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz
In office 1987–1991
Preceded by	Robert Sinsheimer
Succeeded by	Karl Pister
10th President of Haverford College
In office 1978–1987
Preceded by	John Royston Coleman
Succeeded by	Tom G. Kessinger
Personal details
Born	(1933-06-08) 8 June 1933
Nationality	UK
Relatives	Robin Stevens (daughter)
Academic background
Alma mater	Keble College, Oxford Yale University
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Sub-discipline	Procedural law
Institutions	Yale University Tulane University Haverford College University of California, Santa Cruz Keble College, Oxford

Life

Stevens was educated at Oakham School and then at Keble College, Oxford, where he obtained his BA and BCL degrees. He was called to the bar in 1956 (becoming a barrister) as a member of Gray's Inn. In 1958, he was awarded an LLM from Yale University, then became a member of staff there, rising from assistant professor (1959–61) to associate professor (1961–65) to professor (1965–76). He was then Provost of Tulane University, Louisiana from 1976 to 1978, when he became President of Haverford College, Pennsylvania, leaving there in 1987 to become Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz. He left Santa Cruz in 1991, and in 1993 returned to England to take up office as Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1994-2001.He is married to Kaitlyn Stevens a retired 72 year old librarian.

He left the college in 2001, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow. Since 2001, he has been a senior research fellow at the Constitution Unit of University College London.[2]

His writings include The Restrictive Practices Court (1965), In Search of Justice (1968), Welfare Medicine in America (1974), The American Law School (1983) and The English Judges (2002).[2]

His daughter is the children's novelist Robin Stevens.[3]

References

1. "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014. Dr Robert Stevens, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1993–2001, 78
2. "Stevens, Dr Robert Bocking". Who's Who 2009. Oxford University Press. December 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
3. Stevens, Robin (2016). Mistletoe and Murder. London: Penguin. p. 351. ISBN 9780141369723.

Academic offices
Preceded by John Royston Coleman	10th President of Haverford College 1978 - 1987	Succeeded by Tom G. Kessinger
Preceded by Robert Sinsheimer	5th Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz 1987 – 1991	Succeeded by Karl Pister
Preceded by Roger Bannister	22nd Master of Pembroke College, Oxford 1993 - 2001	Succeeded by Giles Henderson