Call for Applications: Thurman Arnold Project Deputy Director/Information Society Project Fellow
The Thurman Arnold Project (TAP)/Information Society Project (ISP) Resident Fellowship is a unique opportunity for recent graduates of law or Ph.D. programs interested in an academic career and whose research is connected to the ISP research areas and the Thurman Arnold Project, an antitrust project at the Yale Tobin Center for Economic Policy. The TAP/ISP Fellow will also serve as the Deputy Director for TAP, assuming additional responsibilities associated with this role. This position offers numerous opportunities for close collaboration with Professor Scott Morton and other eminent antitrust scholars, providing an enriching environment for academic and professional growth.
In addition to their duties as an ISP Resident Fellow, the fellow will take on the following responsibilities in their role as Deputy Director of TAP:
- Advising, alongside faculty, annual student research projects on antitrust law and competition policy.
- Organizing an annual antitrust conference in Washington, D.C., to conclude each academic year.
- Administering various TAP-related events, including hosting guest speakers throughout the year.
- Providing assistance to Tobin staff who administer TAP grants.
- Offering research support for TAP leadership, including TAP Director Fiona Scott Morton.
- Conducting independent antitrust research, contributing to the advancement of antitrust scholarship.
Applicants must have completed their J.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree prior to the beginning of the fellowship. The TAP/ISP Resident fellow is strongly urged to reside in the New Haven area.
The TAP/ISP-funded Resident Fellowships will begin on July 1, 2024. The initial appointment is one year and can be renewed for a second year. Fellows receive a salary plus Yale benefits, a travel stipend, and access to Yale University resources.
Applications should include the following:
- A cover letter indicating your interest in the Resident Fellowship
- A research agenda (5 pages max)
- A resume or CV
- A law/graduate school transcript
- At least one scholarly writing sample (in English)
- Two letters of recommendation
Applications for the TAP/ISP Resident Fellowship will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2023.
Please submit your application in electronic form to Michael Enseki-Frank.
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Founder and Director of TAP@Yale (on public service leave Fall 2023)
Fiona Scott Morton (YC ’89), Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics at Yale School of Management
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Interim Director
Gene Kimmelman
Deputy Director of TAP@Yale
Michael Enseki-Frank (YLS '21)
Fellow and Senior Academic Advisor
Jonathan Baker, Professor of Law Emeritus at the American University Washington College of Law
Affiliated Yale Faculty
Ian Ayres (YC ’81, YLS ’86), William K. Townsend Professor of Law at Yale Law School
Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School
Dirk Bergemann, Douglass and Marion Campbell Professor of Economics and Professor of Computer Science at Yale University
Steven Berry, David Swensen Professor of Economics at Yale University
David Carter Dinielli, Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law
Judith A. Chevalier (YC ’89), William S. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Economics at Yale School of Management
Florian Ederer, Associate Professor of Economics at Yale School of Management
Abbe R. Gluck (YC ’96, YLS ’00), Professor of Law, Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine), and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School and Yale Medical School
Mitsuru Igami, Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University
Alvin K. Klevorick, John Thomas Smith Professor of Law at Yale Law School
Douglas Kysar, Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School
Dan Markovits (YC ’91, YLS ’00), Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School
John D. Morley ( YLS ’06), Professor of Law at Yale Law School
George L. Priest (YC ’69), Edward J. Phelps Professor of Law and Economics at Yale Law
Katja Seim (PhD ’01), Professor of Economics at Yale University
Michael Sinkinson, Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale School of Management
Nisheeth Vishnoi, Professor of Computer Science at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science
Fellows of TAP@Yale
Felix Chang (BA '99), Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law
Erika Douglas, Assistant Professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law
Hiba Hafiz (PhD ‘07), Assistant Professor of Law at Boston College Law
Erik Hovenkamp, Assistant Professor of Law at USC Gould School of Law
Terrell McSweeny, Partner at Covington & Burling LLP
Nathan Miller, Associate Professor of Strategy and Economics at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
A. Douglas Melamed (YC ’67), Professor of the Practice of Law at Stanford Law School
Barak Orbach, Professor of Law at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Marc Rysman Professor of Economics at Boston University
Christopher L Sagers, Professor of Law at Cleveland State University
Carl Shapiro, Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy Emeritus at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley
Howard Shelanski, Joseph and Madeline Sheehy Chair in Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation; Professor of Law at Georgetown
Charlotte Slaiman, Competition Policy Director at Public Knowledge
Dina Srinivasan (YLS ’06), author of The Antitrust Case Against Facebook
Fellow and Counsel
Joseph J. Matelis, Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP