Jane Stapleton QC FBA is an academic who has taught common law subjects, especially the law of torts, in Oxford, Cambridge, the European University Institute, and the United States. She is an Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn, a Council Member of the American Law Institute, and an Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor at the Australian National University. Her awards include the American Bar Association's Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award, the Association of American Law Schools' Prosser Award, the Wedderburn Prize, and the John G. Fleming Prize. She is an Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College and Master of Christ's College Cambridge.