Spring 2024 Semester Legal Intern Program

Contract, Full-time

No

Organization's Semester Legal Intern Program

The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition enforces the nation’s antitrust laws. The antitrust laws promote vigorous competition and protect consumers from anticompetitive mergers and business practices, such as monopolistic conduct, attempts to monopolize, and conspiracies in restraint of trade. The Bureau investigates potential antitrust law violations and seeks legal remedies in federal court or before the FTC’s administrative law judge. In addition to its enforcement work, the FTC provides guidance about the application of the antitrust laws to various stakeholders, including Congress, policy makers, other federal and state government agencies, foreign governments, industry participants, and the public.

Organization’s Bureau of Competition offers fall and spring semester legal internships to second- and third-year law students at its Washington, . offices. Semester legal interns work closely with attorneys, economists, and other investigative staff on actual law enforcement investigations, and federal and administrative court litigations. Typical assignments include conducting legal and factual research, interviewing witnesses, writing legal memoranda, and preparing documents and exhibits.

The following divisions participate in the Semester Legal Intern Program:

• Mergers I
• Mergers II
• Mergers III
• Mergers IV
• Anticompetitive Practices
• Anticompetitive Practices II
• Health Care
• Office of Policy and Coordination

Application Information

Organization’s Semester Legal Intern Program offers unpaid internships for second- and third-year law students. All semester interns must be Citizens and receive course credit for completing their internship. Interested students should contact their law schools for additional information and requirements. Division descriptions and contact information are below.

For Spring 2024 semester internships, the application period will be from September 5 – October 31, 2023. For Fall 2024, the application period will be from January 22, 2024 – April 5, 2024. Interviews are scheduled and offers are extended on a rolling basis. Students are encouraged to submit their applications before the deadline. Students should apply directly to each division’s representative in which they have an interest. The representative(s) contact information is in the shop description. The following application materials are required: cover letter, resume, law school transcript, seven-page writing sample (seven-page maximum; excerpts of a longer sample permitted), and three academic or professional references.

Organization’s Semester Legal Intern Program Divisions

Mergers I

The Mergers I Division investigates and challenges mergers and acquisitions that may substantially lessen competition in violation of the FTC Act. The Division also reviews notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) and provides guidance on HSR filing requirements. The Division’s work involves the analysis of mergers in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and energy.

Mergers II

The Mergers II Division investigates and challenges mergers and acquisitions that may substantially lessen competition in violation of the FTC Act. The Division also reviews notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) and provides guidance on HSR filing requirements. The Division’s work involves the analysis of mergers in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and energy.

Mergers III

The Mergers III Division investigates and challenges mergers and acquisitions that may substantially lessen competition in violation of the FTC Act. The Division also reviews notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) and provides guidance on HSR filing requirements. The Division’s work involves the analysis of mergers in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and energy.

Mergers IV

The Mergers IV Division investigates and challenges mergers and acquisitions that may substantially lessen competition in violation of the FTC Act. The Division also reviews notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) and provides guidance on HSR filing requirements. The Division’s work involves the analysis of mergers in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and energy.

Anticompetitive Practices

The Anticompetitive Practices Division investigates potentially anticompetitive conduct—including price-fixing, group boycotts, exclusive dealing, monopolization, and mergers—involving companies, trade associations, and other organizations. The Division also provides guidance on antitrust law to policy makers, federal and foreign agencies, industry, and the public; much of this guidance is available on the Anticompetitive Practices webpages.

Anticompetitive Practices II

The Anticompetitive Practices II Division investigates potentially anticompetitive conduct—including price-fixing, group boycotts, exclusive dealing, monopolization, and mergers—involving companies, trade associations, and other organizations. The Division also provides guidance on antitrust law to policy makers, federal and foreign agencies, industry, and the public; much of this guidance is available on the Anticompetitive Practices II webpages.

Health Care

The Health Care Division investigates potentially anticompetitive conduct—including price-fixing, group boycotts, exclusive dealing, monopolization, and mergers—involving physicians and other health professionals, pharmaceutical companies, and hospitals and other institutional providers. A major focus of the Division is the Commission’s effort to stop conduct that unlawfully insulates branded drugs from competition from lower-

Legal research, Factual research, Interviewing witnesses, Writing legal memoranda, Preparing documents and exhibits

Submit cover letter, resume, law school transcript, seven-page writing sample (seven-page maximum; excerpts of a longer sample permitted), and three academic or professional references.

Qualification and Experience Second- and third-year law students

Legal