NOTE: The Sports Law Clinic will only satisfy the Negotiation and Leadership requirement when taken in conjunction with Sports Law: Advanced Contract Drafting.

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For more information about this clinic, please visit the Clinic Website, Clinic Q&A and OCP Blog Highlights.

Enrollment in this clinic will not fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement.

Required Class Component: Students must enroll in either “Sports and the Law: Examining the Legal History and Evolution of America’s Three “Major League” Sports: MLB, NFL and NMBA” (1 fall classroom credit), “Sports Law: Advanced Contract Drafting” (2 fall classroom credits), OR “Sports and the Law: Representing the Professional Athlete” (2 winter classroom credits).
Additional Co-/Pre-Requisites: None, although it is recommended to take both of the fall courses listed above.
By Permission: No.
Add/Drop Deadline: December 11, 2026.
LLM Students: International students on F-1 student visas are required to have Curricular Practical Training (CPT) authorization; LL.M. students are not eligible for CPT.
Placement Site: Various externship placements.

Sports Law clinical placements are in a variety of settings, including legal departments of major leagues or sports franchises or talent agencies, and with law firms and lawyers doing sports law in representing individual players, teams, or leagues. Students’ clinical work in the field can may include contract and transactional work, arbitration, litigation, research, and writing.

Please note that international students in F1 visa status may only participate in this clinic once. F1 students are not eligible to return to their placement as an advanced student, or to go to a new placement through the clinic.

More information about the clinic can also be found in the Sports Law Clinic Q&A on the OCP website.

This is an externship clinic. Students must have at least one full business day available in their schedule to work on-site at their placement organization. Any remaining clinical hours should be worked in blocks of at least 5 hours. Most placement organizations are open Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm.

Successful completion of appropriate written work in this offering satisfies the professional writing requirement for matriculants to the J.D. program from 2023 onward.