BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260206T2119Z-1770412778.9559-EO-739276-1@10.73.6.187 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260411T220101Z CREATED:20260206T201457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260208T202329Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260304T160000 SUMMARY: Alumni in Residence with Woodie Dixon J.D. ’99 of the Golden State Warriors DESCRIPTION: Woodie Dixon is Golden State’s Chief Legal Officer. He leads b usiness and legal affairs across the Warriors\, Valkyries\, and related ent ities\, overseeing contracts\, litigation\, real estate\, governance\, and strategic initiatives. He previously served as Chief Legal Officer and Corp orate Secretary at Chegg for five years\, and earlier as General Counsel at the Pac-12 and the Kansas City Chiefs. He earned a J.D. from Harvard Law S chool\, an MS from UMass Amherst\, and a BA from Amherst College\, and he s erves on several sports-law boards. Click to register. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Wednesday\, March 4\, 2026\, from 2:00 p.m .- 4:00 p.m. ET

The Alumni in Residence program connects current HLS students with accomplished HLS alumni for one-on-one career mentoring and a dvice. You’re invited to meet with Woodie Dixon J.D. '99 during their virtu al office hours. Sign up for a 20-minute Zoom appointment.  

 

The 2025-26 NBA season marks Woodie Dixon’s first as C hief Legal Officer with Golden State. Reporting to President & COO Brandon Schneider\, Woodie leads the organization’s business and legal affairs team \, offering strategic and business-focused legal insights and guidance to i nternal stakeholders for the Golden State Warriors\, Golden State Valkyries \, Santa Cruz Warriors\, Golden State Entertainment\, Thrive City and Chase Center. He oversees all business legal matters including commercial and bu siness contract drafting and negotiation\, litigation matters\, real estate portfolios\, corporate governance and strategic initiatives.

Woodie joins Golden State following five years as Chief Legal Officer and Corporat e Secretary of Chegg\, Inc.\, where he oversaw all legal\, compliance\, gov ernment affairs and stock administration matters. During his tenure with Ch egg\, Woodie rebuilt the company’s legal team\, expanded Chegg’s internatio nal and regulatory operations\, created government affairs and compliance f unctions and oversaw legal teams on three continents.

Prior to joinin g Chegg\, Woodie served as the General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for the Pac-12 Conference from 2010-2020. At the Pac-12\, Woodie handled all legal affairs and business administration\, in addition to oversight of human resources and football operations. From 2004-10\, Wo odie served as General Counsel for the Kansas City Chiefs\, where he oversa w legal\, compliance\, human resources and the salary cap. Prior to that\, Woodie worked for the National Football League\, Sidley & Austin LLP and Do rsey & Whitney\, handling a myriad of corporate legal matters.

Woodie obtained his J.D. from Harvard Law School\, an MS in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst\, and a BA in History from Amhe rst College. He currently serves as a member of the Sports Lawyers Associat ion Board\, Fritz Pollard Alliance Board\, and the Arizona State University Sports Law and Business Advisory Board.

 

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