5/3/01--Boston College Law School is pleased to announce the selection of three of its students for participation in the Rappaport Honors program. Out of the first class of 12 Rappaport Fellows, the BCLS students include Nanda Bose ('03), Peter Durning ('03) and Lucinda Ringer ('03). "It is terrific that the Rappaport Honors Program has recognized and supported our student's commitment to public interest law," said Rachel Sagan, BCLS Public Interest Career Counselor. "It was a competitive process and the three first-year law students that were selected can be proud."

The Rappaport Honors program in Law and Public Service involves a stipend of $7,000 for a summer public interest or nonprofit legal internship. There are three major components to the students' year-long program; working in the Greater Boston region in a position that emphasizes urban law and policy issues; participating in an ongoing, year-long educational program designed to engage them in issues concerning public law and public service; and participating in an individually matched mentoring program with accomplished lawyers, government officials, and civic leaders in areas of their interest.

The Jerome Lyle Rappaport Family Foundation recently awarded Suffolk University Law School a five-year grant to develop the Rappaport Honors Program in Law and Public Service. The Program will enjoy an ongoing association with the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston has been established to examine public policy issues of particular importance to the Boston metropolitan region. On frequent occasion, law students from the Rappaport Honors Program and government students from the Rappaport Institute will meet as a group for discussions, lectures, and other enrichment events.

The Rappaport Honors Program welcomes applications from eligible students at Boston College Law School, Boston University School of Law, Harvard University Law School, New England School of Law, Northeastern University School of Law and Suffolk University Law School.

The Jerome Lyle Rappaport Family Foundation serves as a primary philanthropic vehicle for the family of Jerome Rappaport, a prominent Boston lawyer, real estate developer, and civic leader.