"What surprises me is that [the University's] approach from the beginning has been on the assumption of litigation," Nesson said.

Even as the legal representatives met, an elected, three-member Docket Committee of the Faculty continued its consideration of Berkowitz's formal grievance with the University, which was filed Jan. 6.

According to the University's "Guidelines for the Resolution of Faculty Grievances," unless the Docket Committee finds the grievance to be "clearly without merit," Berkowitz's appeal must be passed on to an ad hoc committee, which would be responsible for investigating and resolving the complaint.

Berkowitz said the last official word he has received on the subject of the Docket Committee's review came in a Feb. 16 letter from Secretary of the Faculty John B. Fox Jr. '59.

According to Berkowitz, Fox wrote that the committee had begun its consideration, which would "take a little time." Fox told The Crimson yesterday that he was unable to speak about anything related to the Berkowitz matter.

Berkowitz said his attorney expressed "concern about the amount of time the Docket Committee has taken with its deliberations" at this week's meeting with Taylor. Nesson said "about a week-and-a-half ago," Fox told him that he could expect a result from the committee "this term."

"We're anxiously awaiting the results of the Docket Committee," Nesson said. "It's taking a long time."