ALS Hall Of Fame
The Antitrust Law Section 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 2019-20 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") Antitrust Law Section ("Section") Consumer Protection Committee ("Committee") is hosting a student essay writing contest ("Contest") for 2019-2020. Each contestant must follow the Official Rules and Additional Rules of the competition detailed herein.
2020 Judicial Intern Opportunity Program
The Antitrust Law Section 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 Antitrust Law Section and taken over by the Litigation Section in 2002. To date more than 2,800 students have interned with federal and state judges: many in antitrust law.
2019-2020 Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Writing Competition for Young Lawyers
Calling all law students and new attorney authors! You are invited to submit your original article, comment or note on data privacy and cybersecurity law to The American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section’s 2019-2020 Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Writing Competition for Young Lawyers. The Contest is seeking original, un-published submissions from law students or lawyers in their first 5 years of legal practice on the topic of data privacy and cybersecurity law.
2019 Writing Winner
Derrian A. Smith is a 3L at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. He has served as the Executive Articles Editor of the Indiana Law Journal and as a Janet D. Steiger Fellow in the Office of the Indiana Attorney General. He holds a B.A. in Sociology and Philosophy from Indiana University – Indianapolis (IUPUI). Derrian’s winning article, titled Taming Sherman’s Wilderness, is forthcoming in Volume 94 of the Indiana Law Journal. After graduation, Derrian will join the Indianapolis office of Frost Brown Todd LLC as an associate.