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BCLS’s Associate Director for Public Interest Programs, Freda Fishman, has resigned from her post. This comes at a difficult time in the career process as many students are just beginning the search for public interest/government positions. The PI/Gov will take place at BC on October 23rd and 24th, so we have to wonder what the impact will be for the students. Career services was notified of Ms. Fishman’s resignations in August and she agreed to stay until the end of September. Concerning Ms. Fishman’s resignation, Maris Abenne, Assistant Dean of Career Services, said: “We’re sorry that Freda Fishman has decided to resign from her position as Associate Director for Public Interest Programs.  We are working with the university to begin the process for hiring a new Associate Director.  All of us in Career Services remain committed to helping students with their government and public interest searches during the interim.” 

PILF and the community service program is obviously the organization most effected by the resignation but their president, Lauren Graber, has a strong schedule of events for the year.  PILF commented on Ms. Fishman decision saying, ” We wish Freda all the best and are looking forward to working with Career Services to best serve the needs of public interest minded students at BC during the search for a permanent replacement.  We are excited to provide a voice for the student body, highlighting areas where we feel we need increased support.  We understand that the members of  Career Services have a tough job ahead of them and we hope to be available to them, and to students as they begin their search for public interest positions.”

Here’s the full text of Dean Garvey’s statement to students on Ms. Fishman’s resignation: ”

I’m sorry to say that Freda Fishman has decided to resign from her position as Associate Director for Public Interest Programs effective September 30th. Freda made the decision to leave us during the summer, but graciously agreed to stay through the month of September to get the school year off to a successful start. She will continue to teach Consumer Law this semester. In her seven years here, she has counseled and worked with hundreds of students and alumni who are pursuing careers in a wide variety of public service jobs. In addition, she has been a major contributor to our effort to encourage pro bono work by all law students and we thank her for her accomplishments and for her service to the Law School community. We are sad to see Freda leave, and wish her well in her new endeavors.”