After a brief period with a suspended law license due to unpaid fees, former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, Rachael Rollins, has been legally cleared to return to the courtroom. Her law license, which was suspended on February 20, was reinstated following a recent request to Suffolk Superior Court, effectively ending the suspension that was highlighted among the names of hundreds of attorneys in a similar plight, according to MassLive.

The Boston Herald, detailing Rollins' professional resuscitation, reported that the state Board of Bar Overseers granted her plea for reinstatement. Having once helmed the prosecutorial efforts in Massachusetts, Rollins resigned last May from her post as the top federal prosecutor in the wake of a Justice Department's inspector general's ethics investigation. The inquiry cast an unflattering light on Rollins for allegedly using media backchannels to undermine her successor's campaign, NBC Boston disclosed.

The former prosecutor faced allegations, according to a report for President Joe Biden by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, that she "willfully violated the Hatch Act on multiple occasions, thereby exhibiting an extraordinary abuse of power." The report accused her of leaking information to undercut the campaign of Kevin Hayden, backing Ricardo Arroyo in the process. Nevertheless, Rollins has not staid idle; she has settled into a role with a more academic bent as a part-time special projects administrator at Roxbury Community College.

In her new position, Rollins is working on the school's Project to Support Returning Citizens, reportedly drawing a salary of $96,000 annually. This detail, afforded by the state comptroller's office, indicates an interesting pivot for the experienced law practitioner, who despite the turbulent wind-down of her federal tenure, seems to have found a footing in the realm of educational support and community reintegration, noted NBC Boston.