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Hannah Jellinek

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Hannah Jellinek

Organization

Rappaport Center at Boston College Law School

Program

Rappaport Law and Public Policy Fellow

Year

2017

The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Fellows Program affords 12 law students from eight Massachusetts law schools the opportunity to work in a state or local government agency during the summer.

Law School
Boston College Law School

Agency
Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Project Description
Hannah graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Psychology and Art History. She is enrolled in the dual degree J.D./Master’s in Social Work Program at Boston College. Prior to law school, Hannah worked at the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Services to help create new initiatives and drug policies to address the Opioid epidemic in Massachusetts. While at Wesleyan, she worked for three years tutoring incarcerated men in the Center for Prison Education program. She is passionate about criminal justice and drug policy, and is looking forward to this summer where she will be working at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.

“I am grateful to the Rappaport Center for providing this opportunity to learn more about developing public policy, and I am greatly looking forward to learning from mentors and other fellows this summer.” – Hannah Jellinek