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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 WAMC’s July 14, 2022 Roundtable.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on WAMC’s July 6, 2022 Roundtable.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson authored, “We Can Do More to Stop School Shootings,” on EdWeek.org on June 8, 2022.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured in the Schenectady Gazette story, “Community gathers to remember those lost to, organize against gun violence,” on May 29, 2022.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured in the WNYT-13 news story, “Texas tragedy reopens old wounds for local lawyer,” on May 25, 2022

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on WAMC’s May 16, 2022 Roundtable.

Professor of Law; Director, The Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was featured on WAMC’s May 6, 2022 Roundtable.

Professor of Law, Director of The Justice Center and Director of Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was a panelist on April 8, 2022 WAMC radio Roundtable.

Professor of Law, Director of The Justice Center and Director of Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was a panelist on March 31, 2022 WAMC radio Roundtable.

Professor of Law, Director of The Justice Center and Director of Immigration Law Clinic Sarah Rogerson was a panelist on March 28, 2022 WAMC radio Roundtable.

Sarah F. Rogerson Curriculum Vitae
Sarah Rogerson

Sarah F. Rogerson

Professor of Law; Director, The Edward P. Swyer Justice Center; Director, Immigration Law Clinic

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