Oregon Summer Sports Law Institute Faculty

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 a host of experts in the field. We’ll be announcing more incredible guest faculty soon — stay tuned!

2026 Guest Faculty & Speakers 

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Maureen Arellano Weston

  • Professor of Law | Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
  • Director | Entertainment, Media & Sports Dispute Resolution Project
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Michael McCann

  • Associate Dean for Intellectual Life & Professor of Law | University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
  • Director | Sports and Entertainment Law Institute
  • Visiting Professor | Harvard Law School
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Marc Edelman

  • Professor of Law | Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York
  • Director of Sports Ethics | Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity
  • Professor of Law & Professional Sports | Fordham Law School
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N. Jeremi Duru

  • Professor of Law & Director of the Sport & Society Initiative | American University Washington College of Law
  • Board of Directors | Sports Lawyers Association
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Erin Buzuvis

  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law | Western New England University School of Law
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Nicoleas Mayne

  • Counsel | Nixon Peabody

Oregon Law Participating Faculty

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David Weber

  • Associate Professor of Law
  • Director, Sports Law Program
  • Director, Oregon Summer Sports Law Institute
Bryan Dearinger

Bryan Dearinger

  • Associate Clinical Professor
  • Visiting Director, Oregon Summer Sports Law Institute (2025)

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:

  • Ryan Gauthier, Associate Professor, Thompson Rivers University | SSLI Director, 2020-24
  • Travis Tygart, CEO, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
  • Leigh Hawley, Counsel, FIFA World Cup
  • Andrew Brandt, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
  • Sarah Hartley, Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP
  • Roberto de Palma Barracco, FIFA | Court of Arbitration for Sport
  • Daniela Heerdt, Consultant, Centre for Sport and Human Rights and the TMC Asser Institute
  • Jon Festinger, K.C., Of Counsel, Whiteboard Law Corporation
  • Josephine ("Jo") R. Potuto, University of Nebraska College of Law
  • Pedro José Mercado Jaén, European Sports NGO, Sports Diplomacy Youth Delegate
  • Daniel A. Rascher, Professor & Director of Academic Programs, University of San Francisco
  • Gregor Reiter, Lawyer, Reiter & Kemmeries Rechtsanwälte
  • 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
  • Maggie Carlyle, Inside counsel for the Pac-12
  • 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