Harvard Law Professor Asks Judge to Unseal Sidebars from 2018 Admissions Trial
Crimson | Rahem D. Hamid and Nia L. Orakwue
"Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, a constitutional law scholar, asked Massachusetts District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to unseal transcripts of sidebar discussions — private conversations between lawyers and the judge — from the [2018] trial.”
“Gersen wrote in a Nov. 11 letter that she wants the documents unsealed ‘for purposes of knowledge, transparency, and reporting about a case of great public importance.’”
While Harvard lawyers oppose the request, stating that the sidebars contain confidential and personal information, The New York Times and The New Yorker magazine “both filed letters in support of Gersen’s request to unseal the sidebars.”
