Allison Burroughs

Allison Dale Burroughs 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 most notably known for rejecting the lawsuit Asian students brought against Harvard's race-based admissions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2019), a decision that was later overturned by the Supreme Court and finding in favor of the students.