Learn from top sports law professors and industry experts from across the nation and globe.
The Oregon Summer Sports Law Institute is unique within the law schools because it brings together the nation’s best professors and industry leaders in all things related to sports law, giving you the opportunity to engage with more than a dozen experts in the field.
Our team approach to learning is organized around each professor’s particular sub-specialty within the broader field of sports law.
Meet our 2023 Faculty & Speakers
Executive Director of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law and Professor of Practice, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Professor Brandt will be teaching Careers in Sports Law at this year's Institute.
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Western New England University School of Law
Professor Buzuvis will be teaching The Law Regarding Trans Athletes at this year's Institute.
Professor of Law and Director of the WCL Sport & Society Initiative, American University Washington College of Law
Professor Duru will be teaching Sports as a Civil Rights Tool at this year's Institute.
Law Professor and Baruch College Faculty Athletics Representative, Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, City University of New York
Professor Edelman will be teaching Developments in Sports Gambling at this year's Institute.
Of Counsel, Whiteboard Law Corporation
Jon Festinger will be teaching Sport, IP Law, and Strategy at this year's Institute.
Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP
Sarah Hartley will be teaching about SafeSport at this year's Institute.
General Counsel, USA Skateboarding
Leigh Hawley will be teaching The Role of General Counsel at this year's Institute.
Consultant, Centre for Sport and Human Rights and the TMC Asser Institute
Daniela Heerdt will be teaching Sports and Human Rights at this year's Institute.
Pedro José Mercado Jaén
European Sports NGO, Sports Diplomacy Youth Delegate
Pedro José Mercado Jaén will be teaching on The Regulation of eSports at this year's Institute.
Professor and Director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
Professor McCann will be teaching The NCAA and Reform at this year's Institute.
Sports Law Consultant
Roberto de Palma Barracco will be teaching Soccer and Global Governance at this year's Institute.
Richard H. Larson Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus, University of Nebraska College of Law
Professor Potuto will be teaching NCAA Enforcement Process at this year's Institute.
Professor & Director of Academic Programs, University of San Francisco
Professor Rascher will be teaching Economics of the Sports Industry at this year's Institute.
Lawyer, Reiter & Kemmeries Rechtsanwälte
Dr. Reiter will be teaching Structure of EU and International Sports Leagues at this year's Institute.
CEO, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
Travis Tygart will be teaching Anti-Doping in Sport at this year's Institute.
Professor of Law, Academic Director Institute for Entertainment Media & Culture, Caruso School of Law, Pepperdine University
Professor Weston will be teaching "Sports Negotiation at this year's Institute.
Oregon Law Participating Faculty
Oregon Summer Sports Law Institute Visiting Director; Associate Professor, Thompson Rivers University
Professor Gauthier has a JD from Harvard Law School and a PhD from Erasmus University Rotterdam. In between his JD and his PhD, he worked at a Canadian national law firm, working mostly in labour and employment. His PhD research was on the accountability of the International Olympic Committee for human rights abuses, and his research is in sports law more generally.
Associate Professor, University of Oregon School of Law
Professor Tippett will be teaching Sports Negotiation at this year's Institute.
Past Faculty and Speakers
Oregon Law’s Summer Sports Law Institute creates a space where leaders of an industry can gather, share, teach, and learn within a truly immersive atmosphere with a cross-section of age groups, backgrounds, and disciplines. Past guest speakers at the Institute have included:
Maggie Carlyle
Inside counsel for the Pac-12
Ed Goines
Inside counsel for the Seattle Seahawks
Brian Gudmundson
Plaintiff's lawyer handling NHL concussion litigation
Adam Kelly
Inside counsel for Columbia Sportswear
Ben Lauritsen
Inside counsel for the Portland Trailblazers
Ilhyung Lee
Professor of sports law at the University of Missouri
Paul Loving
Oregon Law alum and outside counsel for adidas
Oliver Luck
Executive VP at the NCAA
Matt Massari
Oregon Law alum and inside counsel for Nike
Maya Mendoza-Exstrom
Inside counsel for the Seattle Sounders
Becky Sisley
Former UO Women’s Athletics Director
Ibrahima Souare
Inside counsel for the French Tennis Federation
Jody Sykes
University of Oregon Chief NCAA Compliance Officer
Martha Walters
Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
