Sports Law PG Cert

To obtain the certificate a student will study:

Foundations of Sports Law and the Sports Regulatory Regime – a distance learning module led by Andy Gray (Head of Sports Law programmes at Leicester De Montfort Law School, ASA Judicial Commissioner and Head of Sports Law, BHW Solicitors. This module is studied from September to January).

Topics covered:

• Sports Governing Bodies
• The Sports Disciplinary Process
• Foundations of Sport and Ethics: Doping Control
• Foundations of Commercial Aspects of Sport: Sports Rights
• Competition Act and EU Treaty
• Anti-Discrimination Laws
• Human Rights Act
• Data Protection Regulation

Practice Perspectives on Sports Law – this Module runs from September to April. It is supported by a series of lectures held in London venues (London Lectures) and delivered by leading sports law practitioners. A minimum attendance requirement applies to these events and the module is assessed by coursework.

The London lectures comprise of four principal subject areas:

• Section A – Sports Governance
• Section B – Commercialisation of Sport
• Section C – Integrity in Sport
• Section D – Issues for Individual Athletes

One module from the following:

• Representing the Athlete/Player
• The Sports Participant in the Courts

The module chosen will run from January to June.

If you are enrolled onto the course, you are a De Montfort University student. This means that you will be invited to our Saturday study days (three per year). You will have access for academic purposes to our online databases. You will have ongoing access to the course team who will happily liaise and guide by telephone or electronically. And of course you will have course materials provided by Leicester De Montfort Law School.

Note: All modules are subject to change in order to keep content current.

This is a part time course so you should be prepared to devote approximately 150 hours to each module of study. You will typically have up to 2 hours contact hours of teaching most weeks during the period October to March. In addition there are 3 study weekends during that period. Teaching is through a mixture of lectures and self-directed study.

The DMU teaching team is led by Andy Gray, Head of the DMU Sports Law programmes and a practising sports lawyer for more than 20 years. The team for the London lectures comprises members of the BASL Board, senior lawyers from sports governing bodies, and other experienced sports law specialists from leading London and national solicitors firms and leading Barristers Chambers. Contributors include representatives from Charles Russell Speechleys, Dentons, Sky Sports, Bird & Bird, the Football Association, the British Horseracing Authority and Blackstone Chambers amongst many others.