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Sarah Vogel is the first woman elected as a state Commissioner of Agriculture in US history, and one of the nation’s foremost agriculture lawyers. She has received numerous awards and honors, including a Distinguished Service Award from the American Agricultural Law Association and a Lifetime Achievement award from the Democratic Nonpartisan League of North Dakota. Vogel is best known for her work as lead counsel on the historic national class action case, Coleman v. Block, which is also the subject of her memoir, The Farmer’s Lawyer (Bloomsbury, 2021). Library Journal calls her memoir “on par with Erin Brockovich.” Vogel has also served as co-counsel on the Keepseagle vs. USDA race discrimination case and has been hailed “a giant killer in ag law” by The Nation. She currently serves as a Member of the Agriculture Subcomittee to the USDA Equity Commission and speaks nationwide.

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Speeches & Honors

Select Agriculture Law Speeches

“The Law of Hard Times: What Lawyers and Policymakers in 2019 Can Learn from the Farm Crisis of the 1980s,” 40th Anniversary of American Agriculture Law Association, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2019.

“Rural Enterprise and Empowerment: A state Perspective on Rural Development, American Agriculture Law Association, Memphis, October 1994.

“New Approaches by Government,” Farmers Legal Crisis, Hybrid Solutions for the mid-1980s, American Bar Association, New York City, August 1986.

“Keeping North Dakota Farmers on the Farm,” State Bar Association of North Dakota, 1985.

“State Responses to Agricultural Credit Depression–in 1933 and Today,” National Governors Association, Chicago, IL, 1986.

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Select Honors & Awards

Sioux Award, University of North Dakota, 2022

Shortlisted for the Reading the West Award, 2022

Honoree, The Society of Midland Authors, 2022

Lifetime Achievement Award, North Dakota Democratic Nonpartisan League Party, 2015

Recognition by Willie Nelson at the 30th anniversary of Farm Aid, 2015

Arc of Justice Award, North Dakota Human Rights Coalition, 2012

Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year, Public Justice Foundation, 2011

Distinguished Service Award, American Agriculture Law Association, 2006

Selected as one of 20 Young Attorneys Whose Work Makes a Difference, Barrister Magazine, American Bar Association (“When Sarah Vogel Got Mad … 240,000 Farmers Went to Court”), 1986

Recorded Live Events

Learn more with these full-length live event recordings.

Sarah Vogel: UNDAAF 2022 Sioux Award for Distinguished Achievement & Leadership

UND Alumni Association & Foundation, Oct 12, 2022

National Book Festival, Great Reads from Great Places

South Dakota Humanities Council, September, 2022

Beyond the Pages Interview

University Of North Dakota, April, 2022

BWLN Book Talk

NYU School of Law, May, 2022

Book Talk: Sarah Vogel, The Farmer’s Lawyer

Women, Food, and Agriculture Conference, December, 2021

The Coleman Reunion

November, 2021

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