Rolf Schlierer was born on 21st February 1955 in Stuttgart. He is married, a Protestant and has two children.
He studied medicine in Gießen and got the license to practice medicine in 1979. From 1981-1988 he studied law and philosophy in Tübingen. He got his First Legal State Examination in 1988, his Second Legal State Examination in 1991
Schlierer has done practical work as a doctor and journalist. Since 1991, he is established as an attorney with a law firm in Stuttgart.
