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Area of law

Antitrust & Competition Law

Rules that protect competition among businesses.

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What this area covers

Antitrust lawyers address agreements among competitors, the conduct of dominant firms and mergers that may reduce competition. They counsel companies, review deals and litigate on both sides.

Also called: Antitrust Law, Competition Law, Trade Regulation.

Typical legal work

  • Seeking merger clearance from competition authorities
  • Counselling on pricing and distribution practices
  • Litigating civil and criminal antitrust cases

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • In-house legal departments
  • Competition enforcement agencies

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Antitrust & Competition Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

2 schools · 1 center or institute · 1 externship

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Antitrust Law Section (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.

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