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Area of law

Sports Law

Legal issues in amateur and professional athletics.

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What this area covers

Sports lawyers represent athletes, teams, leagues and institutions. The work draws on contract, labor, antitrust and intellectual property law applied to athletics.

Also called: Athletics Law, Sports and Entertainment Law.

Typical legal work

  • Negotiating player and endorsement contracts
  • Advising on league rules and eligibility
  • Handling disciplinary and arbitration proceedings

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • Teams, leagues and athletic departments
  • Player associations

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Sports Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

12 schools · 3 concentrations and specializations · 3 certificates · 1 clinic · 6 centers and institutes · 1 externship

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.
  2. 2.Law School Admission Council. Fields of Law (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.

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