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	OCCUPY BOSTON ROUNDTABLE -- Dig Boston (3/13/12) "Despite plenty of potential for name-calling and blood-boiling, there was actually quite a bit of love in the room for those two hours. Here’s hoping all future discussions of Occupy are so intelligent, fruitful, and civilized." -- Boston's Weekly Dig covers our March Rappaport Roundtable "Policing the Occupy Protests: How Well Did Cities Respond?" sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
	For swappers, it’s share and share alike -- Rappaport Center Board Member Starts Local Community Food Swap (7/6/2011) Self-described as “part silent auction/part village marketplace/part fun-loving open house,” Boston Food Swap is a project co-organized by Advisory Board member Lyn Huckabee to help create a stronger Boston community through trading homegrown, made and foraged food.
	Falling From Grace -- Professor Alasdair Roberts quoted in Canadian Magazine Convergence (5/9/2011) Professor Roberts weighs in on Canada's access to information policies and makes suggestions on how these processes could be improved. The article, entitled "Falling From Grace," discusses how Canadian media faces great challenges with the current Freedom of Information laws they believe are no longer suited for the new media of the 21st century.
	Rappaport Center’s “Women in Politics” Panel Highlighted in the MA Caucus of Women Legislators’ Spring Newsletter (Spring, 2011) The Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators’ Spring newsletter (PDF) has highlighted the Rappaport Center’s “Women in Politics: Challenges and Trends” panel held in April. The panel was moderated by Janet Wu, reporter for WCVB-TV, Channel 5, and included Representative Marty Walz (D–Boston), Professor Leanne Doherty of Simmons College, former Lt. Governor Kerry Healey, and Representative Shaunna O’Connell (R–Taunton). Over 160 people attended the successful , which was co-sponsored by the Boston Club, the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, and the Women’s Bar Association.
	Rappaport Chair Appointed to the Administrative Conference of the United States (Spring, 2011) Alasdair Roberts, Rappaport Professor of Law and Public Policy, was appointed as one of the forty public members of the Administrative Conference of the United States, a federal agency revived by the Obama administration to provide advice on "making government work better."
	Discussion About Probation Department Oversight And Reformation Draws Large Crowd (2/17/2011) "A New Path for Probation” joined several key players in the debate as to who should oversee the Probation Department and how to reform the agency in the aftermath of the Ware Report. The event was hosted by the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University Law School and co-sponsored by MassINC and the Massachusetts Bar Association. The event drew a packed crowd of over 175 people including several members of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches. The audience heard from a distinguished panel, moderated by CommonWealth Publisher Greg Torres, and including Robert A. Mulligan, Chief Justice for Administration and Management; Mary Beth Heffernan, Public Safety Secretary; Senator Cynthia Stone Creem, co-chair of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary and a member of the Probation Reform Working Group; and John Larivee, CEO of Community Resources for Justice.
	Suffolk Law’s Pro Bono Program and Housing Clinic Foreclosure Prevention Efforts Recognized (12/9/2010) The foreclosure prevention clinic sponsored by the Rappaport Center as part of the National Pro Bono Celebration, together with the efforts of students in the housing clinic, were noted in the Huffington Post. This work is part of a collaboration with the No One Leave’s Project and the Chelsea Collaborative. Suffolk Law students have been at the forefront of assisting homeowners who lack adequate financial means, resources, or knowledge, against banks and mortgage lenders seeking to foreclose on their properties.
	Rappaport Center Executive Director Named to Probation Task Force (12/7/2010) The Supreme Judicial Court has appointed Susan Prosnitz, Executive Director of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service, to serve on the task force examining the hiring and promotional practices of Probation and other departments of the Massachusetts Judicial Branch. The task force is chaired by former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger.
	Prosecutors, public defenders stake out turf as budget season nears (11/23/2010) Prosecutors and public defenders laid out their arguments in a forum Monday afternoon at the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University Law School. The two sides have engaged in a months-long debate over how the state pays to prosecute crimes and represent indigent defendants.
	Unique Program Teaching Student Rights to Area High Schoolers (11/2/2010) Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Program scholars and current 3Ls Christina Fischer and Julian Smith have been teaching Constitutional Law at the Another Course to College high school in Brighton. This past November, Mayor Thomas Menino and Boston Public Schools' Superintendent Carol Johnson sat in on a class and listened as the students discussed the possible arguments on backpack searches in schools.
	Suffolk Law Student Receives Equal Justice Works Fellowship Suffolk Law Alumni Anna Nguyen, JD ’10, was recently awarded an Equal Justice Works Fellowship. Anna will use her prestigious Fellowship to work on addressing exploitation in the workforce of Vietnamese immigrants in the Greater Boston area.
	Heeding the Call: Susan Prosnitz (2/1/2010) The Boston Business Journal features Rappaport Center Executive Director, Susan Prosnitz. The Executive Profile highlights Prosnitz’s extensive career in public service prior to joining the Rappaport Center in 2007.
	Suffolk’s Rappaport Center Unveils 2010 Gubernatorial Speaker Series Lineup: Republican Baker Debuts Feb. 4(1/28/2010) The Rappaport Center’s Speaker Series affords the gubernatorial candidates a forum to discuss policy issues they think are important to Massachusetts voters and to identify their priorities.
	"Forum Presents Case for Public Subsides of Journalism" (10/2/2009) The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service was mentioned for co-sponsoring a presentation on "Public Accountibility After the Age of Newspapers."
	Michelle Harper quoted in Wicked Local (9/1/2009) The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University’s Law School hosted the School of Dorchester’s Summer Leadership Program. The program teaches teens that they are the powerful agents of social change, and together, they can unite social barriers while transforming themselves through education and helping the community. Michelle Harper, the Rappaport Center’s Director of Public Interest and Pro Bono Programs, was quoted in the 9/1/09 issue of Wicked Local saying, “The Rappaport Center’s mission of promoting public service among the law school community is closely aligned with The City School’s mission of helping Boston-area youth give back to their communities and make meaningful change in our society.”
	Carolyn Wilson received the Arthur R. Lambert Scholarship (8/2009) Carolyn Wilson, a Suffolk University Law Student and a member of the Moot Court Honor Board, was recently awarded the Arthur R. Lambert Memorial Scholarship for her work as a 2009 Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy with the Joint Committee on Education at the State House this summer. This scholarship is awarded to a select group of deserving students who exemplify a sense of strong moral values and are dedicated to working in public service. This summer, Carolyn interned at the Joint Committee on Education at the State House working with Representative Marty Waltz who is chair on the committee. She is interested in education policy. During her internship, Carolyn conducted research on charter school financing and potential alternatives to the current system.
	Rappaport Center Expands Reach (4/2009) By Dick Clark 2L The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service has received a flurry of media attention for its revealing public opinion poll on ethics and state lobbying reform and timely March 25 roundtable event, winning coverage in The Boston Globe and half a dozen other Massachusetts newspapers. The Center’s poll and roundtable event came as Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo announced a new ethics legislation package which would expand the definition of “lobbyist” and increase penalties for lobbying rules violations.
	Voters Voice Concern about Ethics in Mass. Government in Poll from Rappaport Center at Suffolk Law School (3/25/2009) The poll results will be released Wednesday, March 25, at a Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service roundtable discussion on “Ethics and Lobbying Reform in Massachusetts,” to be held at Suffolk University Law School.
	DeLeo Proposes Ethics Overhaul as Skepticism Reigns (3/25/2009) By Eric Moskowitz Even as House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo formally unveiled an ethics-overhaul package yesterday that he said would help restore public confidence in Massachusetts government, poll results indicated that large numbers of state residents remain skeptical that political leaders can improve the climate on Beacon Hill.
	Managing the Bailout Event at Suffolk University Law School to Address Financial Crisis Response (2/10/2009) "The financial collapse has created enormous challenges for federal policymakers," said Alasdair Roberts, the Jerome L. Rappaport Professor of Law and Public Policy at Suffolk University Law School. "They've had to create massive new programs quickly, under constantly shifting conditions. Now that TARP is almost four months old, we've gathered some of the key players to discuss what went right, what went wrong, and what needs to be done next." "The stakes couldn’t be much higher,” [Professor Aladair] Roberts said. “The country is in the worst economic condition in six decades. Job losses continue to pile up. We need to learn and adapt quickly to achieve a solid recovery."
	Finding the Deeper Layers (Fall/Winter 2008) By Matthew Mazzotta The central insight of the Rappaport program is to take young people in the process of becoming and expose them to public service because it will enrich their perspectives and their communities no matter where their careers take them.
	Returning Foreclosed Properties to Productive Use (9/17/2008) By Julie Onufrak As families around the country reel from foreclosures, neighborhoods can become pockmarked with empty, abandoned homes. P.J. McCann, 25, a law student from Hull, wants those homes to be fixed up for new owners and put back to productive use – sooner rather than later.
	Law Students Work on Key Public Policy Issues (8/11/2008) By Tony Ferullo, Sanford News Guest Writer Forget the beach. Charles Bussell is spending his summer taking aim at the foreclosure crisis. Bussell is working for the Massachusetts Division of Banks, a regulatory agency, as part of the Rappaport Fellows Program at The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University Law School. "It's a great immersion in the field of administrative law," the 31-year-old Sanford resident said.
	Students Work to Make a Difference (7/28/2008) Matthew Mazzotta is a former television journalist in the midst of a major career change. Julie Kobick is a Harvard grad who's been driven by her interest in public service throughout her academic career. Both are becoming civic leaders of tomorrow. Mazzotta and Kobick are taking part in the Rappaport Fellows Program at The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University Law School.
	Somerville Students Working this Summer to make a Difference (7/28/2008) Somerville residents Taryn Williams, Alyssa Vangeli, Elizabeth Monnin-Browder, and Eric Batcho are spending their summer helping to make a difference in the lives of others through public service. All are taking part in the Rappaport Fellows Program at The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University Law School. The fellows are working on critical education, mental health, health care, and environmental issues.
	Celebrated Legal Scholar Named to Rappaport Chair at Suffolk Law School (3/24/2008) Alasdair Roberts, a professor of public administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, will join Suffolk University Law School this fall as the first holder of the Rappaport Chair in Law and Public Policy.
	Harvard Law Plan Good News for Public Sector (3/19/2008) "We absolutely believe that [the law] will encourage more students to become engaged in public service," said Susan Prosnitz, executive director of Suffolk University Law School's Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service.
	Law Student Drafts Tax Credit Bill to Spark Redevelopment By Jason Kornwitz To help Boston-area neighborhoods out of the physical and economic disarray caused by housing foreclosures, Northeastern University School of Law student Paul McCann drafted a legislative proposal, titled the “Neighborhood Stabilization Tax Credit,” that provides impetus for developers and nonprofit organizations to buy and redevelop foreclosed properties.
	Helping Lawyers Give: Susan Prosnitz Heads Suffolk Center that Encourages Public Service (12/5/2007) By Laurel J. Sweet, Boston Herald Attorney Susan Prosnitz harbors no illusions that she alone can put an end to the booming industry of lawyer jokes, but she might just prove that the world is truly better off because of her kind of attorney.
	Professor Ilene Seidman Wins National Teaching Excellence Award (6/7/2007) A professor famed for her tireless generosity is finally getting her due. Ilene Seidman, professor of clinical law, was recently awarded the Equal Justice Works 2007 Outstanding Law School Faculty Award, given each year to one law faculty member in the nation for his or her outstanding work on behalf of students seeking careers in public interest law.
	$5M Donation to Create Programs in Law & Public Service (10/25/2006) Suffolk University Law School will establish the Jerome Lyle Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service and create an endowed chair as the result of a $5 million donation from Jerry and Phyllis Rappaport and the Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation. "The Rappaport Foundation strives to identify the leaders of tomorrow and give them the tools and experience they need today to positively impact public policy in our region and beyond," said Phyllis Rappaport, the Foundation’s chairperson.