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Law Student Resources
Are you a student interested in Antitrust, Consumer Protection, or Data Privacy? We’ve got some great scholarships and opportunities for you.
Antitrust Law Section Benefits
Become an Ambassador
Joining the Law Student Ambassador Program will provide you opportunities to hear, meet, and network with practicing attorneys in antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy law.
Mentorship Program
The Antitrust Mentoring Program matches experienced Section members, lawyers, and economists with junior practitioners and students for the ABA and academic year. Participants can also attend a variety of career development and networking programs and join affinity squads to develop additional mentoring relationships.
Be Part of a Community
Communicate with fellow law students and ambassadors through ABA Communities, where you can connect with peers, engage in meaningful discussions, and share resources to enhance your knowledge and support others.
Scholarships and Opportunities
Janet D. Steiger Fellowship
This consumer protection outreach initiative introduces law students to the rewards of legal careers in public service. An eight to ten-week paid Fellowship, it provides law students an opportunity to work in the consumer protection and antitrust departments of state and territorial offices of Attorneys General throughout the United States.
Student Diversity Stipend Program
Antitrust has launched an inaugural diversity program to encourage law students to pursue government and not-for-profit careers in antitrust, data privacy and consumer protection law. The Section awards nine law students with stipends of $5,000 each to foster their career paths.
The Harvey Saferstein Consumer Protection Student Essay Contest
This project provides an opportunity to expand the role of the ABA in the area of Consumer Protection among law students, professors and practitioners. We invite students to participate in a discussion on hot topics in consumer protection through the submission of their essay on a pressing topic. The winning essay is also published on the ABA Antitrust Law Section website.
Hollis Salzman Memorial Scholarship
Hollis Salzman was one of the nation’s leading antitrust competition attorneys who dedicated her career to private enforcement of antitrust and consumer protection laws on behalf of plaintiffs. While immensely successful as a litigator, she was widely known for being a champion of gender equality and diversity in the antitrust bar. This Scholarship in her name is designed to encourage and assist law students identifying as women to pursue a summer or mid-year internship or clerkship in public/private enforcement of the antitrust or consumer protection laws.
Robert Pitofsky Law Student Writing Competition
The Robert Pitofsky Law Student Writing Competition was created to encourage and reward law student writings on antitrust subjects of general and current interest. The Section invites editors of law school publications and students to submit to the Antitrust Law Section articles on a current topic, dealing with antitrust and consumer protection law.
Content Resources
8 Essential Tips for First-Time Bar Exam Taker
Taking the bar exam soon? Looking to get ahead and start preparing early? These tips are easy to implement and will make sure you are on the right track to pass the bar exam the first time!
Navigating the Financial Complexities of Law School as an International Student
A Canadian citizen pursuing a JD in the United States provides valuable resources that can help you finance your legal education as an international student.
Consumer Protection Enforcement: A Brief Overview of the DOJ & FTC
The article explores the legal authority, history, organizational structure, and leadership of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission and their joint enforcement.
Antitrust Summer Series
The Summer Series is a webinar series geared towards law students and early-career lawyers and economists or those with an interest in antitrust, privacy, or consumer protection.
More from the Antitrust Law Section
Join a Committee
Committees are free to join. They provide a great opportunity to network with experienced professionals.
On-Demand CLE Library
Our library holds over 100+ webinars on important Antitrust and Consumer Protection topics.
OCA & T&T Podcast Series
Our podcasts explore topics in antitrust, competition, consumer protection, data protection, and privacy law with leading experts.
Discounted Registration
Students get discounted registration to section conferences, webinars, and events.
Career Center Resources
The ABA Career Center provides career development resources and a job board for law students and legal professionals across all practice areas and career stages.