I have solved my question. I chose to instead have a header and a footer that are always located at the bottom and top of the screen respectively. Then I created a "center content" which I enclosed within a ScrollView layout. I have updated the code below if people are interested in seeing what it now looks like.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:background="#FFFFFF">
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/header"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@layout/header"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
<ImageView android:src="@drawable/logo"
android:contentDescription="@string/logo_description"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dip"/>
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="350dip"
android:layout_below="@id/header">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="20dip" >
<!-- Email Label -->
<TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#372C24"
android:text="@string/email"/>
<EditText android:id="@+id/email_field"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dip"
android:singleLine="true"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress"/>
<!-- Password Label -->
<TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dip"
android:textColor="#372C24"
android:text="@string/password"/>
<EditText android:id="@+id/password_field"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:singleLine="true"
android:inputType="textPassword"/>
<!-- Login button -->
<Button android:id="@+id/login_button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="25dip"
android:text="@string/login"/>
<!-- Register button -->
<Button android:id="@+id/register_button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="25dip"
android:text="@string/register_button"/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/footer"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="90dip"
android:background="@layout/footer"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>