Joseph (Joe) Thibodeau

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 College Law School

Undergraduate School
Tufts University

Fellowship
Legal Counsel’s Office of Governor Maura Healey

Biography
Joe Thibodeau is a 1L Public Service Scholar at Boston College Law School and a graduate of Tufts University, cum laude, where he majored in American Studies and International Relations. Prior to law school, he spent eight years serving in various roles as a government and campaign staffer for leaders including United States Senator Ed Markey (MA), Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), and Massachusetts State Senator Barbara L’Italien (Second Essex & Middlesex). Thibodeau’s prior work has focused on political strategy, coalition building, and community engagement. He is interested in civil rights, public policy, and community organizing, and will spend his Rappaport summer interning in the Legal Counsel’s Office of Governor Maura Healey.