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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 Sarah Rogerson's op-ed,"Consider children when designing immigration system," appeared on Page 1 of the Times Union's Perspective section on January 7, 2016.
​​Professor Bonventreappeared on Talk 1300 Radio to discuss the federal crime of Making False Statements (18 USC 1001).
Professor Sarah Rogerson and the New York Immigration Coalition's Camille Macklerjoined NYSBA's Miranda Warnings podcast to discuss the Detention Outreach Project and their work assisting the hundreds of migrants detained at Albany County jail. The episode was released October 22, 2018.

Professor Sarah Rogerson, director of the Immigration Law Clinic, was quoted in the NYSBA State Bar News articles "Crisis Lawyering: Rapid Response 1.0–2.0" about the Detention Outreach Project and "NYSBA Recognizes Volunteers Who Assisted Adult ICE Detainees at Albany County Jail." Much of NYSBA's Fall 2018 issue was devoted to the ongoing effort to assist the detained migrants and asylum seekers in Albany County. 

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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