June 24, 2012

The Head of a Boston Legal-Aid Charity Steps Aside, Rather Than Down

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Jeff Thiebauth

“When I stepped down, I really stepped aside. I didn’t go in for six or seven months. I was available to be consulted with, but I felt I would help the most by creating a little space before I came back,” says Bob Sable.

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Jeff Thiebauth

“When I stepped down, I really stepped aside. I didn’t go in for six or seven months. I was available to be consulted with, but I felt I would help the most by creating a little space before I came back,” says Bob Sable.

By Michelle Gienow

Bob Sable retired last year as executive director of Greater Boston Legal Services. Now, at age 70, he goes back to the same organization two or three days each week—happily working for his successor as a volunteer.

Following law school at Yale, Mr. Sable started out at the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and eventually headed the National Consumer Law Center in Boston before joining Greater Boston Legal Services in 1991.

“I would get other offers in other areas,