2027 Summer Associate (Intern)

Berkeley Research Group (BRG) is a global consulting firm that helps leading organizations and businesses advance in disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and performance improvement and advisory. We are an integrated group of experts, industry leaders, academics, data scientists, and economists working beyond borders and disciplines to deliver inspired insights and practical strategies.

About The Role

The Summer Associate role involves both quantitative and qualitative work, tailored to project needs and the associate’s skills and interests. Projects may include subject matter research, data collection, and preparation of economic, statistical, financial, and other analyses. The program is approximately 8 weeks long, beginning in Summer 2027, and is designed as a pipeline to full-time Associate roles after graduation, assuming mutual fit.

We provide dedicated mentors, training programs, hands-on learning opportunities, and support from industry experts to help Summer Associates succeed.

Responsibilities

• Develop a practical understanding of industries, markets, legal claims, and business issues by gathering and reviewing information from clients, academic literature, legal documents, industry resources, commercial databases, or other project-specific sources.
• Identify, collect, develop, maintain, analyze, and review data, qualitative materials, spreadsheets, and other files as dictated by complex project needs.
• Combine programming, model building, and statistical analysis skills using relational databases and statistical programs such as SQL, R, Stata, SAS, Python, or Snowflake.
• Interact with senior staff, experts, and clients to clearly communicate questions, findings, economic and business concepts, and recommendations.
• Demonstrate creativity and efficient analytical skills to develop novel solutions tailored to unique projects.
• Provide valuable contributions to client deliverables and expert reports.

Qualifications

• Progress toward a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Mathematics, Data Science, Statistics, Accounting, Business, Finance, Healthcare Administration, or a related analytical field, with an expected graduation date between Winter 2027 and Summer 2028.
• 3.6 GPA or higher preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in applying analytics to business, financial, legal, regulatory, or policy questions.
• Strong quantitative, research, problem-solving, and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, client-service environment.
• Attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to producing high-quality work.
• Experience with statistical, econometric, and programming tools such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or similar platforms is preferred.
• Fluency with AI tools is desirable.
• Candidates must be able to submit verification of their legal right to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Practice Areas

Summer Associates are hired to support project work aligned to one of BRG’s practice areas, with potential flexibility to work across multiple areas. Candidates may select a preferred practice area during the application process.

• Antitrust & Competition: Experts apply industrial organization, econometrics, and microeconomic theory to provide testimony in antitrust litigation and merger reviews. Teams evaluate industry conduct, calculate damages, and build simulation models for proposed mergers.
• Business Insurance Claims (BIC): Provides strategic guidance to policyholders following catastrophes, including financial data analysis, robust modeling, and comprehensive insurance claim preparation.
• Construction: Specializes in data analytics, litigation support, claims/dispute analysis, scheduling/logistics management, and expert witness testimony within construction, engineering, and architecture.
• Commercial Disputes: Combines analytical and accounting skills with industry-specific knowledge to support legal processes, including case assessment, damages analysis, litigation support, and expert testimony.
• Consumer Protection, Product Liability & Environment: Addresses claims of consumer fraud, product liability, false advertising, data privacy, and environmental law violations using microeconomic theory, econometrics, and marketing techniques.
• Energy & Climate: Helps clients across the global energy value chain address strategic, commercial, financial, market, regulatory, and dispute-related issues, spanning power, renewables, oil and gas, and the energy transition.
• Financial Institutions Advisory: Advises financial services companies on risk, regulation, compliance, financial crime, technology innovations, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and evolving customer experience expectations.
• Healthcare Advisory: Works with healthcare organizations to identify opportunities and implement solutions amid reimbursement pressure, workforce challenges, regulatory complexity, and technological change.
• Healthcare Analytics and Disputes: Tackles complex legal and operational challenges in healthcare using data-driven, objective, and innovative approaches.
• Intellectual Property: Experts testify on damages, trademark confusion, irreparable harm, and commercial success, often involving consumer behavior analysis, econometric modeling, and survey data.

Locations

Summer Associates will primarily be hired in offices such as Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, New York, Houston, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with limited opportunities in Tampa and Pittsburgh. Summer Associates are expected to work in the office five days per week to maximize mentorship, collaboration, and professional growth. Remote roles may be available for practices requiring frequent travel to client sites.

Pay

$25/hour - $40/hour