Group Continues Push To Intervene in Harvard Admissions Lawsuit

The Harvard Crimson reports:

Lawyers representing a pro-affirmative action group of current and prospective Harvard students argued against a court’s rejection of the group’s motion to intervene in an ongoing lawsuit against the College last week.

The group, which comprises nine prospective students intending to apply to Harvard and five current students at the College, filed a motion last April to intervene in the lawsuit accusing Harvard of employing race-based discrimination in its admissions processes. In its initial filing, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice—the pro bono legal group representing the students—characterizes the students as sharing “present or prospective interests in living and studying in a racially diverse environment.”

Judge Allison D. Burroughs denied the request in June, writing that that students lacked “a significantly protectable interest” in the case. She granted them amicus status, and the group subsequently filed an appeal.

Standing.