The Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, is pleased to offer an Executive Education course on International Sports Arbitration. Designed for legal practitioners and those wishing to develop a better understanding of modern-day sporting disputes arising out of professional and elite sporting competitions and environments.
When: 16-19 June 2025, 23-26 June 2025, 3-5pm each day
Location: The Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Lincoln's Inns Fields, London
Fee: £1,975
This two-week executive education course will help you build upon existing expertise and knowledge of the world of sport, types of sporting disputes and the various forums which address these disputes, including aspects of jurisdiction, the seat of arbitration and the role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss Federal Tribunal. Overall the course focuses on the legal and practical aspects of contemporary sporting disputes that are of critical importance to the sports administrator, or the sports law practitioner.
This course will develop your understanding of:
The course is taught interactively, in-person and class discussions and debates are frequently embarked upon on topics ranging from ‘sport and politics’ to ‘doping’ or ‘match-fixing’ and more recently, ‘gender issues in sport’.
At the conclusion of the course, participants should have a comprehensive understanding of sporting disputes and how they are determined and should also have the tools to confidently address and respond to sporting disputes, whether it be in their role as a sports lawyer, sports administrator, or a government or regulatory official.
The course will be taught over 2 weeks, Monday - Thursday 3pm - 5pm between 16 June and 26 June 2025.
The programme is designed for legal practitioners, sports administrators, insurers, arbitrators, civil servants and university graduates in law, sports administration and business, who wish to develop a better understanding of modern-day sporting disputes arising out of professional and elite sporting competitions and environments.
To gain the most out of this course, an interest in sport and how participation in sport is regulated and administered is essential and a curiosity as to how the law responds to sporting disputes (between athlete and sports organisation, or between sports organisations) is desirable.
You will be awarded a Certificate of Participation upon successful completion of the programme.
Paul Hayes KC FCIArb (Course Director) has successfully practised in the field of sports law and arbitration for over 30 years and has appeared in many of the world’s leading sports law cases as Counsel, as determined by the Court of Arbitration of Sport. He has also presided over important international sports arbitrations and inquiries and has been highlighted by Who’s Who Legal from 2021 to 2024 as a ‘global thought leader’ in international sports law.
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