Rodger less than a month earlier, said he had made an "outstanding contribution" to Scottish public life. Honours Lord Rodger of Earlsferry was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1991, and the same year was the Maccabaean Lecturer at the Academy. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Honorary Bencher at Lincoln's Inn in 1992, and an Honorary Bencher of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland in 1998. Hon. Mem., SPTL, subseq. SLS, 1992; Corresp. Mem., Bayerische Akad. der Wissenschaften, 2001. Pres., Holdsworth Club, 1998–99. Hon. Fellow, American Coll. of Trial Lawyers, 2008. He received honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the Universities of Glasgow (1995), Aberdeen (1999) and Edinburgh (2001). Lord Rodger of Earlsferry had been the Visitor of St Hugh's College, Oxford, since 2003, High Steward of the University of Oxford since 2008, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow School of Law since July 2009. Notable judgments As Lord Justice General Drury v Her Majesty's Advocate 2001 SCCR 583 – definition of murder in Scotland As Justice of the Supreme Court R (E) v Governing Body of JFS [2009] UKSC 15 – racial discrimination in religious school admissions (dissenting) HJ and HT v Home Secretary [2010] UKSC 31 – homosexuality in asylum claims References External links Lord Rodger of Earlsferry: Tributes and Bibliography 1944 births 2011 deaths Rodger of Earlsferry People educated at Kelvinside Academy Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of New College, Oxford Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of New College, Oxford Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Solicitors General for Scotland Lord Advocates Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Lords President of the Court of Session Lords Justice-General Judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Members of the Faculty of Advocates Scottish King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel Senators of the College of Justice Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Legal historians Scholars of Roman law Scottish legal scholars Lawyers from Glasgow