[12] Rappaport Fellows receive summer job placements that allow them to "work with top public policymakers and government officials on key issues that affect the citizens of Greater Boston and Massachusetts.

"[13] The center also provides career development information for students who wish to work in public interest law, including roles with non-profit organizations and government entities.

Past programs have addressed such topics as government secrecy, child welfare, civil rights, professional ethics, managing the bailout and public accountability after the age of newspapers.

[16] A February 2009 event[17] brought together leading government representatives to discuss the management of the federal "bailout" of the financial sector.

The roundtables include a broad range of stakeholders and conversations are conducted on an off-the-record basis unless all panelists would prefer to hold an open discussion.