Kate Rosier (Comanche) serves as the Assistant Dean for Community Engagement and the Executive Director of the Indian Legal Program (ILP) at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. In the Executive Director role Rosier leads the ILP’s recruitment and retention efforts and has worked with over 1000 Native American students. Rosier is responsible for the ILP’s programs, marketing, development and tribal partnerships. In 2015 she was responsible for bringing together an amazing team from various law schools and programs to launch the national Native American Pathway to Law Initiative. The goal of this program is to help get more Native American students into law school by guiding pre-law students through the law school admissions process and helping to fund LSAT preparation courses.
Rosier is licensed to practice law in Arizona and served as an Assistant General Counsel for the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and worked as a tribal prosecutor for the Gila River Indian Community. She also serves as the Board Secretary of the American Indian Law Center and is the former President of the Native American Bar Association of Arizona. Rosier received her JD from the University of Utah College of Law and a BA from Capital University.