[3] Rogers joined the faculty of the Ohio State University College of Law in 1975.

She focused her studies on alternative dispute resolution, publishing a large number of journal articles and books, and she helped found the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, which is an official publication of the American Bar Association.

[4] Rogers was also a member of the Ohio Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Dispute Resolution since its inception in 1989, until 2005.

[5] On May 28, 2008, Governor Ted Strickland named Rogers as Attorney General, replacing Marc Dann.

Rogers did not seek the position when it was up for reelection in November 2008 and returned to the Moritz faculty following the election.