Exhibit 5.1


                                 April 26, 2001


Rogers Corporation
One Technology Drive
P.O. Box 188
Rogers, CT 06263-0188

         Re:  ROGERS CORPORATION GLOBAL STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

         This opinion is delivered in our capacity as counsel to Rogers
Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the preparation and filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") relating to 500,000 shares of the Company's Capital
Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Registered Shares"), which may be issued
pursuant to the Rogers Corporation Global Stock Ownership Plan For Employees
(the "Plan").

         As counsel for the Company, we have examined a copy of the Plan, the
Registration Statement, and the Company's Articles of Organization and By-laws,
each as amended to date and presently in effect, such records of the corporate
proceedings of the Company as deemed to be material and such other certificates,
receipts, records, and other documents as we have deemed necessary or
appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. With respect to all of the
foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to
originals of all documents submitted to us as a certified or reproduced copy.

         We are attorneys admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. We express no opinion concerning the laws of any jurisdictions
other than the laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.

         Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, when the Registered
Shares are sold and paid for pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Registered
Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
shares of the Company's Capital Stock.

         The foregoing assumes that all requisite steps will be taken to comply
with the requirements of the Securities Act and applicable requirements of state
laws regulating the offer and sale of securities.

         We hereby consent to being named as counsel to the Company in the
Registration Statement and to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     /s/ Goodwin Procter LLP

                                                     GOODWIN PROCTER LLP