Sports Law

Catalog description

This course is for anyone interested in sports and its relationship to the law and courts. It provides an introduction to the U.S. legal system and basic liability issues of agency, antitrust, contract, labor, criminal, tort, Title IX, intellectual property, and constitutional law as they apply to amateur sports and the professional sports industry. Students will brief cases, engage in the Socratic method, and actively participate in mock trials while developing a familiarity with legal terminology and an awareness of legal issues in the context of the managed sports industry. Successful participants will demonstrate ability to identify, discuss and correctly analyze, and apply legal issues which are relevant to the multi-billion dollar sport and recreation industry.