ABD graduates) Economic Consulting Senior Associate Intern (Summer 2026)

Charles River Associates•Los Angeles, WA

30d•$2,400 - $3,200•Hybrid

About The Position

Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns. Practices seeking to hire interns with this profile include (hiring locations listed): Antitrust and Competition Economics (Boston, Chicago, New York, Oakland, Washington DC) Our Competition practice economists provide analysis and testimony in matters involving mergers and acquisitions, antitrust litigation, and global competition policy. Life Sciences/Litigation & Policy (Boston, New York, Washington DC) Our litigation team delivers expert testimony on a range of issues, while our policy experts provide independent analysis of global, national and regional policy issues for life sciences companies, government entities and industry bodies. Labor & Employment (College Station, Los Angeles, Tallahassee, Washington DC) Our Labor team provides in-depth analysis, expert reports, testimony, and advisory services to clients involved in complex labor and employment issues such as wage and hour litigation and pay equity disputes Learn more about our work by reviewing our Services and Industries on our website . Position Overview Our Summer Senior Associate Internship program mirrors the Senior Associate experience to give you an understanding of our business and experience project work at Charles River Associates. Throughout the 10-week program, Senior Associate Interns work alongside senior colleagues to deliver live client consulting projects within the practice area. Along the way, you’ll benefit from professional development and wellness support programs, social events to connect you with peers and a collegial work environment. Successful interns will be offered a full-time position following program completion. Successful candidates have a strong knowledge of economic concepts and a range of research and quantitative skills. A typical Senior Associate Intern would: Conduct research in a team-oriented environment alongside some of the most respected academics, industry experts and regulators in the world; Identify and conceptualize issues, support complex economic models to analyze data, and participate in the research process; Assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers summarizing opinions, conclusions, and recommendations using market, industry or client-proprietary data; Act as a point of contact for attorneys and other industry or government clients on a variety of practice-relevant issues; Program, build models and/or perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, Python, R, Matlab or Mathematica); Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions; Participate in practice-building activities (training, expertise sharing, etc.). Explore how CRA can help you launch your career and click here to learn why PhDs choose CRA.

Requirements

PhD degree in economics with a completion date within December 2026/Summer 2028 and an academic focus on quantitative research, with specializations like industrial organization, applied microeconomics, econometrics, labor, health, intellectual property, pricing and product launch, corporate finance, financial accounting, or other quantitative areas
Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems
Effective written and oral communication skills
Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages
Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership
Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities
Excellent time management and task prioritization skills
Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework, work experience, activities, or attendance at CRA recruiting events
Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
Experience in Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy, or Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS)

Responsibilities

Conduct research in a team-oriented environment alongside some of the most respected academics, industry experts and regulators in the world
Identify and conceptualize issues, support complex economic models to analyze data, and participate in the research process
Assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers summarizing opinions, conclusions, and recommendations using market, industry or client-proprietary data
Act as a point of contact for attorneys and other industry or government clients on a variety of practice-relevant issues
Program, build models and/or perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, Python, R, Matlab or Mathematica)
Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions
Participate in practice-building activities (training, expertise sharing, etc.)

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