Ethan FitzGerald

Organization

Rappaport Center at Boston College Law School

Program

Rappaport Law and Public Policy Fellow

Year

2023

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Law School
Boston University School of Law

Graduate School
Brown University

Undergraduate School
Wheaton College

Fellowship
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in the Health Care Division of the Health Care and Fair Compensation Bureau

Biography
Ethan FitzGerald, born and raised in Massachusetts, is a 1L at Boston University School of Law. Before pursuing his legal career, FitzGerald earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry at Brown University. As a researcher, he published novel findings on pulmonary immunology and previously unknown disease mechanisms of COVID-19. During his Ph.D. candidacy, FitzGerald also served as an associate editor for the Journal of Science Policy and Governance. In that capacity, he supported researchers from diverse disciplines in honing and strengthening their scientifically-informed policy proposals, which were targeted at local, state, and federal policy makers, as well as academia and international organizations. FitzGerald’s experience during the pandemic inspired him to pursue a legal career so that he may help address the critical need for scientists in policy making and advocating for the public interest. He is a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, MA, where he earned degrees, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in Political Science and Biochemistry along with a minor in legal studies. As a 2023 Rappaport Fellow, FitzGerald will serve as a summer intern at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in the Health Care Division of the Health Care and Fair Compensation Bureau.