Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service

The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service is a privately endowed public interest law center administered by and located on the grounds of Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. The center, created in 2007, offers financial support and career counseling to individuals interested in public interest law and public policy work and provides a forum for discussion of such work. Alasdair Roberts currently holds the Jerome Lyle Rappaport Chair in Law and Public Policy at Suffolk Law. ["Alasdair Roberts Named to Rappaport Chair at Law School." Suffolk University. 24 March 2008. [http://www.suffolk.edu/27941.html] ]

Rappaport Fellows

The center was created in part for the purpose of "educating, supporting and mentoring students with an interest in public policy and public service.""Rappaport Center For Law and Public Service." "rappaportcenter.org". [http://www.rappaportcenter.org/] ] To this end, the center now manages the Rappaport Fellows program, which was created in 2000 to provide summer public interest fellowships to students from each of the six Boston-area law schools: Boston College Law School, Boston University Law School, Harvard Law School, New England School of Law, Northeastern University Law School, and Suffolk University Law School. [Onufrak, Julie. "Returning foreclosed properties to productive use." "Patriot Ledger". 17 September 2008. [http://www.patriotledger.com/business/x883257754/Returning-foreclosed-properties-to-productive-use] ]

Public interest career development

The center also provides career development information for students who wish to work in public interest law, including roles with non-profit organizations and government entities. [Schworm, Peter. "Harvard Law plan good news for public sector." "Boston Globe". 19 March 2008. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/03/19/harvard_law_plan_good_news_for_public_sector/?page=2] ] According to director Susan Prosnitz, "Any student or alumni or any lawyer anywhere in Boston who is in pursuit of a career in public service can come here and get help getting there." [Sweet, Laurel J. "Helping lawyers give." "Boston Herald". 5 December 2007. [http://www.law.suffolk.edu/Rappaport/helping_lawyers_give_000.cfm] ]

eminars and symposia

Besides its student-oriented programs, the Rappaport Center also sponsors and organizes numerous public policy symposia, lectures, and other events designed to promote "engagement in public issues for faculty, students, government officials and policymakers." The center is located in Boston's downtown across the street from the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill. Past programs have addressed such topics as government secrecy, child welfare, civil rights, and professional ethics. ["Events of the Rappaport Center." "rappaportcenter.org". [http://www.rappaportcenter.org/events.cfm] ]

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