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State-level antitrust agencies
Does anyone on this board work for one? Can anyone comment on quality of work/supervision, lifestyle, trial opportunities, exit opportunities, case mix, etc.? Thanks.
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Re: State-level antitrust agencies
I interned at one of the larger state-level antitrust agencies for a summer so I have a little insight. Work really depended - even at a larger agency it's leanly staffed, so people did everything from doc review to high level analysis/strategy. The group was very collaborative and there was a big effort made to make sure everyone knew what cases were going on. There seemed to be a good balance between supervision / autonomy.
Trial opportunities were exceptionally rare. There were none while I was there and I think it rarely happens. There were a lot of settlement negotiations which were interesting to sit in on.
Lifestyle was phenomenal. Typically 9:30-5:30. People very rarely stayed past 6.
Don't have too much experience on exit opportunities. There were a large number of people who had been there for a long time and had a lot of institutional knowledge. It didn't seem like they were interested in leaving. A lot of the new hires were out of biglaw. Since I've left I saw a few have returned to biglaw. There were also a number of recent graduates who were on law school fellowships for a year. Most have gone to small/midlaw or PI.
I was only there for 8 weeks, so everything I've said should be taken with a grain of salt. That being said, it seemed like people enjoyed the job.
Trial opportunities were exceptionally rare. There were none while I was there and I think it rarely happens. There were a lot of settlement negotiations which were interesting to sit in on.
Lifestyle was phenomenal. Typically 9:30-5:30. People very rarely stayed past 6.
Don't have too much experience on exit opportunities. There were a large number of people who had been there for a long time and had a lot of institutional knowledge. It didn't seem like they were interested in leaving. A lot of the new hires were out of biglaw. Since I've left I saw a few have returned to biglaw. There were also a number of recent graduates who were on law school fellowships for a year. Most have gone to small/midlaw or PI.
I was only there for 8 weeks, so everything I've said should be taken with a grain of salt. That being said, it seemed like people enjoyed the job.
