Bill Lee Dissects His Harvard Win

The war over affirmative action is bound to get nastier in the next few years, but for the moment William Lee, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, is savoring his win for Harvard University.

Earlier this month, federal judge Allison Burroughs ruled that Harvard's undergraduate admissions policy, which considers race as a factor, does not discriminate against Asian Americans. The case was brought by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), an anti-affirmative action group spearheaded by Edward Blum.

So what's it like to score a win for the Big-H in such a high-profile trial? And what did Lee think of Burroughs' long-awaited, 120-page decision? (It took longer than the gestation period for a human baby; the trial concluded last fall and final arguments took place in February.)