Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College et al

Filing 27

CERTIFICATION pursuant to Local Rule 16.1 (d)(3). (Ellsworth, Felicia)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON DIVISION
STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC.
Plaintiff,
v.
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD
COLLEGE (HARVARD CORPORATION)
Defendant.

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Civil Action No: 1:14-cv-14176-ADB

DEFENDANT’S CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 16.1(d)(3)
Defendant President and Fellows of Harvard College (“Harvard”) and Defendant’s Counsel
hereby certify that we have conferred: (a) with a view to establishing a budget for the costs of
conducting the full course—and various alternative courses—of litigation; and (b) to consider the
resolution of the litigation through the use of alternative dispute resolution programs such as
those outlined in Local Rule 16.4.
/s/ Ara Gershengorn
University Attorney
Office of the General Counsel
Harvard University
Smith Campus Center, Suite 980
1350 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
[e-mail]

/s/ Felicia H. Ellsworth
Felicia H. Ellsworth BBO #665232
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
Seth P. Waxman (admitted pro hac vice)
Paul R.Q. Wolfson (admitted pro hac vice)
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
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Debo P. Adegbile (admitted pro hac vice)
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant President and Fellows
of Harvard College

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that this document filed through the ECF system on April 23, 2015 will
be sent electronically to the registered participants as identified on the Notice of Electronic Filing
(NEF).

/s/ Felicia H. Ellsworth
Felicia H. Ellsworth BBO #665232

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