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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-25-021200
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250804
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250806
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250806

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Nierenberg Eric
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002074844
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24049
		FILM NUMBER:		251190971

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		STREET 2:		200 CLARENDON STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116-5092

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001053706
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-LEGAL SERVICES [8111]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				042372210
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0103

	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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        <issuerName>CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.</issuerName>
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        <signatureName>Delia J. Makhlouta, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-08-06</signatureDate>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt">KNOW BY ALL THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Delia Makhlouta, Chad Holmes, Paul Maleh and Jonathan Yellin of CRA International, Inc. (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), and Richard Aftanas and Katherine Tyurin of Hogan Lovells US LLP, each signing singly, the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:24px; width:48px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(1)</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s capacity as a director or officer of the Company, a Form ID and Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:24px; width:48px; font-size:12pt; clear:left; float:left">(2)</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, Form 3, 4, 5 or 144 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:24px; width:48px; font-size:12pt; clear:left; float:left">(3)</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s discretion.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt; clear:left">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file a Form ID or Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 31<sup>st</sup> day of July, 2025.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Eric Nierenberg</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">/s/ Eric Nierenberg</p>
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