SAL Hall Of Fame
The Section of Antitrust Law honors those individuals for their lives of achievement and service to the cause of promoting competition and protecting consumers.
Awards & Fellowships
We recognize our Section members' achievements through fellowships, competitions, and awards such as:
Janet D. Steiger Fellowship
The Janet D. Steiger Fellowship provides law students the extraordinary opportunity to work in the consumer protection departments of state and territorial Offices of Attorneys General.
International Scholar-in-Residence Program
International Scholar-in-Residence Program gives funding up to $10,000 for visiting scholars to pursue competition-related research.
Student Writing Competition
Student Writing Competition rewards law student articles on antitrust law, competition policy and consumer protection law.
Consumer Protection Committee 2018-19 Law Student Essay Contest
Calling all second-year and third-year law students with an interest in antitrust and consumer protection law! The American Bar Association ("ABA") Section of Antitrust Law ("Section") Consumer Protection Committee ("Committee") is hosting a student essay writing contest ("Contest") for 2018-2019. Each contestant must follow the Official Rules and Additional Rules of the competition detailed herein.
2019 Judicial Intern Opportunity Program
The Section of Antitrust Law is a proud co-sponsor of the Litigation Section’s Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP) that provides internship opportunities to diverse law students. This project was started in 2000 by the Section of Antitrust Law and taken over by the Litigation Section in 2002. To date more than 2,600 student have interned with federal and state judges; many in antitrust law.
2017-2018 Writing Winner
Clayton J. Masterman is a fifth-year student in Vanderbilt Law School’s J.D./Ph.D. program in law and economics. He has served as an Articles Editor on the Vanderbilt Law Review, a Janet D. Steiger Fellow in the Office of the Attorney General of Tennessee, and as a summer legal intern in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from Vassar College. Clayton’s winning article is titled “The Customer Is Not Always Right: Balancing Worker and Customer Welfare in Antitrust Law,” and was published in 69 VAND. L. REV. 1387 (2016). In Summer 2018, Clayton will be a summer associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP’s Washington, D.C. office. After graduation, he will be clerking for Judge Gregg J. Costa of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.