LLM International Sports Law in Practice
Sheffield Hallam University
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Course summaryEngage in online taught learning from anywhere, with continuous training and practice.Learn from top sports law experts and practitioners.Gain expertise in sports law procedures at tribunals like CAS, FIFA’s Football Tribunal, and National Anti-Doping Panels.Improve your employability through placements, internships and real-world sporting disputes.The course will help you gain clinical expertise in the resolution of sport-related disputes – arming you with the knowledge and ...Read more

Course summary

Engage in online taught learning from anywhere, with continuous training and practice.
Learn from top sports law experts and practitioners.
Gain expertise in sports law procedures at tribunals like CAS, FIFA’s Football Tribunal, and National Anti-Doping Panels.
Improve your employability through placements, internships and real-world sporting disputes.

The course will help you gain clinical expertise in the resolution of sport-related disputes – arming you with the knowledge and confidence to effectively advise and represent clients. You’ll gain expertise in pre-trial behaviour, negotiation, arbitration, and advocacy, engaging with real-life cases in a range of practice areas.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

This course gives you the skills, knowledge and confidence to be able to effectively advise and represent clients in complex sport-related disputes. You’ll gain expertise in the practice and procedure before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), FIFA's Football Tribunal, the National Anti-Doping Panel in the UK and other disciplinary courts and tribunals.

You’ll experience a high quality, supportive and intensive learning environment. The overall approach emphasises knowledge and understanding in policy, procedure and practice in sports law, while enhancing your intellectual and employability skills to postgraduate level.

You learn through:

Lectures
Guided reading
Seminars
Peer support and reflection
Workshops
Student presentations
Independent learning
Reflection and evaluation

This course prepares you for a career in:

Anti-doping law
Football law
Sport governance
Sport administration
Sport agency and consultancy (in marketing and practice in law)
Sports law

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for:

Barnsley FC
Celtic FC
Manchester City FC
Nottingham Forest FC
The Football Association
Prosport International (South Africa)
The FA (Football Association)
UK Anti-Doping
UK Golf
The Olympic Games
Harry Drury Solicitors (UK),
Highbridge Law Firm (Denmark)
Sports Law Expert (UK and USA)

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Sports Science
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
42nd
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
63rd
What students say
M
Mackenzie
01 Mar 24

It is all based on a hill so for someone with low mobility it can be hard to get around. However, everything else is great. The facilities are beyond anything I've ever imagined...Read more

K
Kian
25 Feb 24

This Uni offers great opportunities to gain work experience so you are job ready when you leave. Speaking with students who are in more advanced years have said this experience..Read more

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Entry requirements

Students should have a 2:2 degree or above in Law, Business, Sports Science or a related degree is required. Relevant work experience will be considered.

Tuition fees

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£10,310 per year

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Students from Domestic

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This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

£9,700 per year

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Students from EU

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The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.

£9,700 per year

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M
Mackenzie
01 Mar 24
Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons)
It is all based on a hill so for someone with low mobility it can be hard to get around. However, everything else is great. The facilities are beyond anything I've ever imagined....
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K
Kian
25 Feb 24
Sport and Exercise Science BSc (Hons)
This Uni offers great opportunities to gain work experience so you are job ready when you leave. Speaking with students who are in more advanced years have said this experience...
Read more
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Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University , Sheffield

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