Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law

Explore Our Extensive Curriculum and Build Your Network in the Magic City

Whether your interest is in entertainment, arts, or sports law, Miami Law will help you develop a strong foundation with a wide array of doctrinal and practice-based courses. Then, dive deeper with innovative “short courses” taught by leading industry practitioners, many of whom make up our unique advisory board of visionaries in entertainment, arts, and sports law.

Major television networks such as HBO and BBC and Spanish-language powerhouses Telemundo and Univision operate in Miami. Our city hosts international events such as Miami Music Week and Art Basel—together attracting over 200,000 visitors and industry players every year. Home to the Pérez Art Museum Miami and Wynwood Walls, Miami is a city immersed in the arts. Professional sports franchises are based in South Florida, and our very own Miami Hurricanes are one of the most recognized collegiate athletic brands in the nation.

Miami Law’s strategic location will provide networking opportunities that will help you stand out in a competitive field.

Courses

*Course list is not exhaustive and does not set out a path of study.

• A Playbook for Leadership and the Law
• Advanced Trademark
• Art Law
• Bidding & Hosting Major Events
• Blank Space: IP Law Through the Lens of Taylor Swift
• Chat ENT: AI's Impact on Entertainment, Arts and Sports
• Comparative Sports Law (in Florence) - University of Florence
• Copyright
• Cultural Property and Antiquities Trafficking: Importation Laws and Border Enforcement
• Digital Transformation Services: Business & Legal Consideration
• Entertainment Law
• Entertainment Law in Latin America
• E-Sports
• European Sports Law (in Madrid) – Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE)
• Fashion Law
• Intellectual Property in Digital Media
• International Sports Arbitration
• Intro to TV: Legal & Business Affairs
• Introduction to the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art
• Investing in Sports: From Private Equity and Venture Capital to Emerging Industry Trends

• A Playbook for Leadership and the Law
• Advanced Trademark
• Art Law
• Bidding & Hosting Major Events
• Blank Space: IP Law Through the Lens of Taylor Swift
• Chat ENT: AI's Impact on Entertainment, Arts and Sports
• Comparative Sports Law (in Florence) - University of Florence
• Copyright
• Cultural Property and Antiquities Trafficking: Importation Laws and Border Enforcement
• Digital Transformation Services: Business & Legal Consideration
• Entertainment Law
• Entertainment Law in Latin America
• E-Sports
• European Sports Law (in Madrid) – Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE)
• Fashion Law
• Intellectual Property in Digital Media
• International Sports Arbitration
• Intro to TV: Legal & Business Affairs
• Introduction to the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art
• Investing in Sports: From Private Equity and Venture Capital to Emerging Industry Trends
• LIV Golf, the PGA Tour, and the Future of Professional Golf
• Media Distribution
• Museum Law
• Music Festivals, Concerts & Other Live Productions
• Music Law
• Negotiating and Drafting Sports Venue Agreements
• Negotiation and Drafting for the Entertainment Business I and II
• Negotiation Skills
• Purchase and Sale of an MiLB Team
• Representing a Professional Sports Franchise
• Representing the Pre-Professional Athlete
• Representing the Professional Athlete
• Rules of Play: Sports and Games as Legal Systems
• Salvage, Treasure & Perservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage
• Sneaker Law
• Social Media Law
• Sports Betting and Regulation
• Sports, Entertainment and Social Impact
• Sports Law
• Sports Law in a Collectively Bargained World
• Taxation of Athletes and Entertainers
• The Business of Sports: The View from the Front Office
• Trademark Law
• TV Deal Making in the 21st Century
• TV Production in Latin America
• Union Organizing nad Collective Bargaining in the Entertainment Industry
• Video Game Law
• Women in Professional Sport: A Legal, Social and Business Analysis

International Opportunities

• International Moot Court Program
• Global Sports and Entertainment Law Program with Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía-ISDE (Madrid, Spain)
• Miami-Florence Sports Law Exchange Program with the University of Florence (Florence, Italy and Miami, FL)

• STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
• LAW JOURNALS

Advisory Board and Faculty in Entertainment, Arts, and Sports

The law school attracts top local, national and international experts as members of its advisory board  and as adjunct professors. Some advisors and faculty include:

• Charles Baker - Partner and Co-Chair, Entertainment Sports and Media Industry Group, Sidley Austin LLP
• Horacio Gutierrez - Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, The Walt Disney Company
• Terri Jackson - Executive Director, WNBPA
• Ana Salas Siegel - Senior Vice President & General Counsel, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
• DeMaurice Smith - Executive Director, NFLPA
• Marc Trestman - Former NFL, CFL, and XFL Head Coach

Conferences

• Global Entertainment + Sports Law Industry Conference
• Counseling Creators: Influencers, Artists and Trendsetters Negotiation Competition and Conference

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