Sarah Turberville
Director of The Constitution Project at POGO
Areas of Expertise
Access to justice, Habeas Corpus, Independence of the courts
Sarah E. Turberville is Director of The Constitution Project (TCP) at POGO. In this position, Sarah coordinates TCP’s public education and advocacy efforts with respect to a variety of matters relating to the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights, such as independence of the courts, access to habeas corpus, policing, and surveillance. Previously, Sarah worked for over five years as the Director of the American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Due Process Review Project and has also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland. She previously worked as an assistant public defender for the State of Maryland, representing clients at trial. In law school, Sarah represented individuals wrongfully incarcerated during and after Hurricane Katrina and also served as a law clerk to the defense bar in the Hague, assisting in the representation of members of the Kosova Liberation Army before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Sarah is an elected councilmember for the Town of Edmonston, MD, and serves on the Board of the Port Towns Community Development Corporation. She is a graduate of Tulane Law School and is a member of the Maryland Bar.
