On June 9, 2025, in a historic show of solidarity, more than 12,000 Harvard alumni from all 50 U.S. states and countries around the world have submitted the largest known alumni brief in American history: an amicus curiae brief in support of Harvard in President and Fellows of Harvard College v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The lawsuit challenges the Trump Administration’s decision to withhold $2.2 billion in funding as part of its escalating and unlawful campaign of coercion and retaliation against Harvard (Harvard's legal complaint can be found here.).
The amicus brief—drafted by attorneys who are Harvard alumni—is an unprecedented instance of individual Harvard alumni taking legal action together, and includes alumni from all of Harvard’s degree-granting schools. Alumni—across generations, professions, political affiliations, geographies, and backgrounds—speak to their shared commitment to truth, service, academic independence and the central place of education in American life.
» Read the alumni amicus brief as filed
The amicus brief was open for signature by Harvard degree holders from any school or department in the university, irrespective of nationality or citizenship.