Alfred William Rooke "Fred" Carrothers (June 1, 1924 – May 4, 1998) was a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator, and academic working in the field of law. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the son of W. A. Carrothers, a Professor of Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, Carrothers earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1948 as part of the first graduating class in law at the University of British Columbia. He received a Master of Laws degree in 1951 from the Harvard Law School and a Doctorate of Juridical Science in 1966. He was called to the Bars of British Columbia in 1948, of Ontario in 1965, and of Alberta in 1969.