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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-029155
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200303
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200304
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200304

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001053706
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-LEGAL SERVICES [8111]
		IRS NUMBER:				042372210
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24049
		FILM NUMBER:		20687269

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 CLARENDON STREET
		STREET 2:		T-9
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6174253000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 CLARENDON STREET
		STREET 2:		T-9
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980126
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;March 3,
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    Street, Boston, Massachusetts</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">  <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
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growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"><B>Item 5.02</B></TD><TD><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements
of Certain&nbsp;Officers.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">On March 3, 2020, the Board of Directors of
CRA International, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) appointed Christine R. Detrick to serve as an independent director of the Company
as a Class II director effective as of May 7, 2020 (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;). Ms. Detrick has agreed to stand for re-election
as a director at this year&#8217;s annual meeting of our shareholders. The Board of Directors also appointed Ms. Detrick as a member
of the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of the Board of Directors as of the Effective Date.</P>

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for non&#45;employee directors of the Company, including retainer fees for Board and committee service and restricted stock awards.</P>

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announcing Ms. Detrick&#8217;s appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(d) Exhibits</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2011662d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">99.1</A></TD>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2011662d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Press release, dated March 4, 2020</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
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    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 50%">CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Dated: March 4, 2020</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%">By:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chad M. Holmes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jamie
    Bernard, IRC</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Charles
    River Associates</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Christine R. Detrick Joins Charles River
Associates (CRA) </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Board of Directors </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Former Bain &amp; Company Senior
Partner Brings Deep Professional Services Insight and Experience </I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>BOSTON, Massachusetts &ndash; March 4, 2020</B> &ndash;
<U>Charles River Associates</U> (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing <U>economic, financial, and management consulting
services</U>, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Christine Detrick as an independent director to the Board effective
May 7, 2020. Ms. Detrick will serve on CRA&rsquo;s Nominating and Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&ldquo;Christine is a seasoned professional services executive
who brings deep and varied experience across a number of industries to the CRA board,&rdquo; said Paul Maleh, CRA&rsquo;s Chief
Executive Officer and President. &ldquo;We look forward to benefitting from her 30 years as a successful leader at premier insurance,
banking and private consulting services companies. We welcome Christine to the CRA board.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">From 2002 to 2012, Ms. Detrick served as a Director, Americas
Leader, Financial Services Practice, and Senior Advisor of&nbsp;Bain &amp; Company, Inc., one of the world&rsquo;s leading management
consulting firms. Before joining Bain, she served for 10 years at&nbsp;A.T. Kearney, Inc., including as Leader, Eastern U.S.,
Global Leader,&nbsp;Financial Institutions Group, and a member of the Board of Management. Prior to those roles, she was one of
the founding partners of&nbsp;First Financial Partners, a venture capital firm specializing in savings and loan institutions,
from 1988 to 1992 and served as the Chief Executive Officer,&nbsp;St. Louis Bank for Savings. Ms. Detrick currently serves on
the board of Reinsurance Group of America, a publicly traded reinsurance company, serving as Chair of the Nominating and Governance
Committee and a member of their Compensation Committee; and Hartford Mutual Funds, a private mutual fund company serving as Chair
of their Investment Committee.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>About&nbsp;Charles River Associates&nbsp;(CRA)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Charles River Associates&reg; is a leading global consulting
firm specializing in <U>economic, financial, and management consulting services</U>. CRA advises clients on economic and financial
matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related
issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its unique combination of functional expertise and industry knowledge, and for
its objective solutions to complex problems. Headquartered in&nbsp;Boston, CRA has offices throughout the world. Detailed information
about&nbsp;Charles River Associates, a registered trade name of&nbsp;CRA International, Inc., is available at <U>www.crai.com</U>.
Follow us on <U>LinkedIn</U>,&nbsp;<U>Twitter</U>, and <U>Facebook</U>.</P>

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