Sarah F. Rogerson

Biography

B.A., Hillsdale College
M.A., Seton Hall University
J.D., Seton Hall University
LL.M., Southern Methodist University

Professor Rogerson directs The Edward P. Swyer Justice Center at Albany Law School.

She is also the faculty Director of the Immigration Law Clinic, in which students represent immigrant victims of crime including child abuse and neglect, persecution, domestic violence and sexual assault.

Under her supervision, her students also represent wrongfully detained immigrants and regularly participate in legislative advocacy and community outreach initiatives. Before joining the faculty, Professor Rogerson worked as a housing and immigrant rights public interest attorney in Newark, New Jersey and in Dallas, Texas.

Her scholarship addresses flaws in the administration of immigration law and policy, including intersections with domestic violence and international law. She has also been published on current issues such as crisis lawyering, education policy and gun safety, having direct lived experience with each of those topics.

She is a New York State Municipal Police Instructor and is a regular panelist on WAMC Public Radio’s “The Roundtable.”

In the News

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on the WAMC Roundtable on May 1, 2023

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on the WAMC Roundtable on April 24, 2023

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on the WAMC Roundtable on April 17, 2023

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured in the City and State story, “Opinion: New York must pass the Access to Representation Act for immigrants facing deportation,” on April 11, 2023.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on the Spectrum story, “Lawmakers push to include minimum wage in state budget,” on March 31, 2023.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on the Spectrum story, “Legislature eyes millions more for legal defense for immigrants in budget,” on March 30, 2023.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on the WAMC Roundtable on March 20, 2023.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on the WAMC Roundtable on March 14, 2023.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on the WAMC Roundtable on March 8, 2023.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on the WAMC Roundtable on February 27, 2023.

Selected Achievements

The Immigration Law Clinic, directed by Professor Sarah Rogerson, received a national honorable mention by the Clinical Legal Education Association in the category of Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project. The recognition was for the clinic's role in the Detention Outreach Project.

The Immigration Law Clinic, directed by Professor Sarah Rogerson, is part of a group that will receive the New York State Academy for Public Administration's 2019 Public Service Excellence Award on May 20 for its immigration reform collaboration at the Albany County Correctional Facility.

Professor Sarah Rogerson received the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Clinical Legal Education's prestigious M. Shanara Gilbert Award at the Clinical Legal Education Conference in San Francisco, Calif., on May 5, 2019.

Professor Sarah Rogerson received the Immigrant Excellence Award at the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators' annual legislative conference in Albany on February 17, 2019.

Professor Sarah Rogerson was honored at the Legal Aid Society's 2016 Pro Bono Publico Awards in New York City on October 26, 2016.

Professor Sarah Rogerson was appointed to the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Children and the Law on June 1, 2016.

Professor Sarah Rogerson was named to the new Advisory Council on Immigration Issues in Family Court by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks on October 5, 2015.