Harvard motion supports student testimony at trial
Harvard filed a response on Sept. 14 supporting a motion from students and from alumni and student organizations seeking to be heard during testimony in the admissions suit set to go to trial in October. Students represented by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice (LCCR), as well as more than 20 student and alumni organizations represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF), filed amicus briefs in July and again in August in support of Harvard’s admissions policies. Most recently, they filed motions asking for their voices to be heard at trial. Harvard’s response cited the importance of student and alumni voices. “Harvard supports Amici’s request to present testimony from Harvard students and alumni, in recognition of Amici’s position that those witnesses can offer important and distinctive perspectives on the importance of a racially diverse student body at Harvard,” the College said in its response filing. In its...