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Allison Dale Burroughs
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · 2014
Allison Dale Burroughs , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Allison Dale Burroughs (born 1961) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She was appointed in 2014 by President Barack Obama. She is best known for ruling that Harvard College's race-conscious admissions process was legal in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2019).
Education
- Middlebury CollegeB.A., 1983
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)J.D., 1988
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Norma L. Shapiro, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1988-1989; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1989-1995; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1995-2005; Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 2005-2014
Biography
Allison Dale Burroughs (born 1961) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She was appointed in 2014 by President Barack Obama. She is best known for ruling that Harvard College's race-conscious admissions process was legal in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2019).
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