Courses - Graduate Diploma


Graduate Diploma in Sports Law 893

Overview

Melbourne Law School’s internationally renowned sports law program is at the cutting edge of sporting and legal knowledge. It was developed specifically for legal practitioners and professionals in the growing field of sports administration and management, for whom an understanding of sports law will provide a real professional advantage. With specially formulated international and national advisory boards influencing the program’s focus and direction, the graduate program in sports law provides a fascinating insight into this legal area.

Objectives and Skills

The Graduate Diploma in Sports Law focuses on:

  • The legal regimes, regulatory practices and current practical legal issues concerning Australian sport
  • The international legal environment applicable to sport
  • Special policy issues affecting the legal regulation of sport and the resolution of consequent problems from theoretical and practical perspectives.
Requirements

Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed list. 

Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subjectAustralian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.


Graduate Diploma in Sports Law 893

Director of Studies


    Lecturers - 2012


    International Advisory Board

      Mr Malcolm Speed, Confederation of The Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports Inc. (Chair)

    • Professor Margareta Baddeley, Faculté de Droit, L'Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland

    • Mr John Barnes, Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    • The Honourable Michael Beloff QC, Barrister-at-Law, London, United Kingdom; Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport

    • Mr Luiz Roberto Martins Castro, Diretor Presidente, Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Desportivo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    • Mr David Howman, Barrister; Director General, World Anti-Doping Agency, Montreal, Canada

    • Associate Professor Rochelle le Roux, Deputy Director, Institute of Development and Labour Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    • Professor Richard McLaren, Faculty of Law, Western University Canada, London, Canada; Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport

    • Professor Matthew Mitten, Director, National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, USA; Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport

    • Professor Gary Roberts, Dean, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, USA; former President, Sports Lawyers' Association

    • Justice Lauri Tarasti, Supreme Administrative Court of Finland, Helsinki, Finland; member of the International Olympic Committee Sport and Law Commission

    • Mr Stephen Townley, Chairman of Directors, Active Rights Management Limited, London, United Kingdom; Chairman, International Academy of Sportslaw Professionals and Executives

    • Professor Klaus Vieweg, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Vice-President, International Association of Sports Law; Vice-President, German Association of Sports Law


    National Advisory Board

      Mr Michael Robinson AO, Allens Arther Robinson; Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (Chair)

    • Ms Lois Appleby, Company Director, Melbourne

    • Mr John Boultbee AM, Barrister; Head of High Performance, Football Federation Australia, Sydney; Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport

    • Professor Peter Fricker OAM, Director, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra

    • Mr David Gallop, Solicitor; Chief Executive Officer, National Rugby League, Sydney; Member, Board of Commissioners, Australian Sports Commission

    • Mr Simon Rofe, Solicitor; Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport

    • Dr Graham Smith, Partner, Clatyon Utz, Melbourne


Graduate Diploma in Sports Law 893