This topic is for people who are interested in specific programs in Antitrust Law or in general programs where you are able to take some courses in the field.

Where are you applying?

In your view, which is the best option?

Although I am not specially interested in antitrust, I have known, from many different sources, that, by far, Yale has the best program & faculty regarding antitrust, Law and Economics analysis and regulatory topics.

Besides Yale (I didnt apply there, since is almost impossible to get in there), NYU and Chicago.

After those universities, Harvard, and then Berkeley.

As I am not interested in this topic, I havent done my own research, but older friends did it (one was accepted in all the abovementioned universities and preferred Yale and the other was accepted at NYU, Berkeley, Chicago and CLS and choose NYU).

My friend that was accepted a couple of years ago at every Law School talk with a lot of important people (partners of big law firms, people from government etc.), and then he choose Yale, so I believe him (and because he forwarded to another friend all the acceptance emails, I believe that is true that he was accepted everywhere).

So, the list would be:

1) Yale
2) NYU
3)Chicago
4) HLS
5) Berkeley

I remark that I didnt know too much about this topic, I believe is accurate.

I am sorry to contradict you Jenny, but I don't think Yale can be regarded as first ranked on this subject area. While your friend probably has done the right thing going to Yale for many good reasons, it is hard to believe that was the best choice if he wanted to specialize in antitrust law. Only one basic antitrust course is offered there, so in terms of course-work there's no comparison with the other universities you mentioned. In terms of research, then (I assume that was your friend's objective, since Yale is designed only for future professors and academicians) of course it all depends on what kind of research project you intend to pursue and which law school would give you the best facilities and the best interaction with important scholar in the field. I think HLS and Chicago are different to beat on that respect.

For the original poster, if you'd like to have more info on this topic just type "antitrust" or "competition law" in the board search and you will be surprised by how many time this question has been raised.
To sum up, I would see the specialist ranking more like: 1) Chicago. 2 ) NYU. 3) Harvard. 4) Berkeley. 5) Northwestern.

Sorry, perhaps I would put GULC instead of NW.
Cheers

Hello!

I am interested in deepen my studies in the Antitrust field. I applied to UC Berkeley, Harvard, NYU and UCLA.

I've been told that Berkeley is quite good in such field and considering also other factors is my first option. Also, I was doing some researches abouth good antitrust programs and found the following article that I share with you:

http://professorgeradin.blogs.com/professor_geradins_weblog/2005/03/us_law_schools_.html

Cheers!