Teaching Merger Law Through In-Class Simulations

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Spencer Weber Waller, Jun 12, 2015

This short article outlines how I have taught the mergers and acquisitions section of my basic antitrust law course for the past five years. Instead of relying on casebooks, the black letter law, and merger guidelines, I use an in-class simulation that moves the students from passive to active learning over a two- to three-week period. Having experimented with various formats for the simulation,