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Ex. NYS OAG Antitrust Enforcement

Ex. NYS OAG Antitrust Enforcement

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Course Information

Course Number: L9502

Curriculum Level: Upperclass

Areas of Study: Administrative Law and Public Policy, Civil Procedure and Dispute Resolution, Clinics, Externships, and Experiential Learning, Corporate Law and Transactions, Health Care and the Law, Intellectual Property and Technology, LL.M. and J.S.D. Courses, Labor and Employment Law, Law and Economics, Racial, Economic, and Social Justice, Writing, Research, and Assistantships

Type: Externship

Additional Attributes: Experiential Credit

Section 001 Information

Instructor

Amy McFarlane Lecturer in Law

Bryan L. Bloom Lecturer in Law

Section Description

In this externship, students will have the opportunity to learn and experience federal and state antitrust enforcement, and to develop skills in legal research, writing, investigative techniques, and litigation. Students will work with Assistant Attorneys General (AAGs) in the Antitrust Bureau of the NY Attorney General's Office. The Antitrust Bureau uses its broad enforcement powers on behalf of the People of the State of NY in a variety of areas, including challenging anticompetitive monopolization schemes, cartels, and mergers.

The seminar will meet for two hours each week and will be led by the Antitrust Bureau's Senior Enforcement Counsel, Bryan Bloom, and Deputy Bureau Chief, Amy McFarlane. Students will study the work of the Antitrust Bureau in detail, discuss and interpret critical federal and state antitrust case law in the context of government enforcement, gain familiarity with various complex antitrust concepts, reflect on fieldwork, and develop skills in legal writing, investigatory techniques, and litigation.

For the fieldwork portion, students are expected to work 15 hours per week. Students will work directly with their assigned Assistant Attorneys General in the Antitrust Bureau, and site supervisors will assist students with obtaining assignments in their areas of interest and balancing their workload.

The course will be limited to 7 students and will be open to JD and LL.M candidates. Unlike the Fall Antitrust Enforcement Externship, this course does require a pre/co-requisite.

School Year & Semester: Spring 2024

Location: TBA TBA

Schedule

Monday

2:35 pm - 4:35 pm

Points: 2

Method of Evaluation: Other

J.D Writing Credit?: No

Learning Outcomes

Primary

At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in comparative law analysis of legal institutions and the law
At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in ethical and professional issues
At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in judicial, legislative and/or administrative processes
At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in jurisprudential considerations in legal analysis
At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts