Some conferences relevant to sports law and administration are listed on this page.

Melbourne Law School's Graduate Program: Sports Law

Melbourne Law School’s unique graduate program in sports law is at the cutting edge of sporting and legal knowledge. It was developed specifically for legal practitioners and sports administrators for whom an understanding of sports law will provide a real professional advantage.   For information on the 2010 program, please see the flyer attached.

A subject in Melbourne Law School's Graduate Program in Sports Law.

Date: Intensive: 9-13 August 2010

Time: 1-6.30pm

Location: Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham St, Carlton

Lecturers: Mr Hayden Opie, Melbourne Law School; Mr Braham Dabscheck, Snr Fellow, Melbourne Law Masters

International Sports Employment Law is a specialised subject within Melbourne Law School's graduate program in sports law.  It is available to suitably qualified law and non-law graduates.

The subject examines sports employment law issues internationally, particularly in Australasia, Europe and the Unitied States.  Attention will be paid to the major professional team sports in these different legal jurisdictions and thelegal needs of key stakeholders.

Trans-Tasman Law and Legal Practice Conference.  

27 - 28 August 2010

School of Law - University of Canterbury , Christchurch, New Zealand.

The University of Canterbury in conjunction with the
New Zealand Australia Research Centre (NZARC) is very pleased to invite you to a conference entitled “Trans-Tasman Law and Legal Practice” to be held at the School of Law, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 27-28 August 2010.

The conference is designed to bring together legal experts comprising academics, judges, law commissioners and distinguished practitioners to discuss various legal relationships between New Zealand and Australia .

Papers will be presented on:

·         trans-Tasman federalism from a constitutional perspective;

·         the future of the trans-Tasman judicial area;

·         trans-Tasman legal history;

·         the trans-Tasman Proceedings Acts;

·         trans-Tasman legal reform and perspectives from practitioners;

·         trends and developments in trans-Tasman family law;

·         the inter-relationship of legal practice from a practical perspective;

·         trans-Tasman legal sporting issues.

Plenary addresses will be delivered by the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG and Chief Justice Diana Bryant. Other distinguished speakers include David Howman ( Director-General of the World Anti-Doping Agency) Professor Reid Mortenson (University of Southern Queensland) and Emeritus Professor John Burrows QC, Law Commissioner, Wellington, New Zealand.

The papers presented by Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Lawyers will focus on the dilemma of legal alignment with Australia and highlight significant problems in trans-Tasman legal practice.

Research and debate on the legal relationships between the two countries are essential and timely.

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Taxation of Sport is a specialised subject within Melbourne Law School’s Graduate Program in Sports Law. It is available to suitably qualified law and non-law graduates. The subject examines the tax issues that arise for athletes as a result of their sporting and other activities, tax issues for those who make payments to athletes and the capacity for tax planning by athletes.

Date:   Intensive: 6 – 12 October 2010 (excluding the weekend)
Time:  10 am – 4 pm
Location:        Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Lecturers:      Associate Professor Ann O’Connell, Melbourne Law School and Dr Braedon Clark, Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law Masters

Melbourne Law School’s Graduate Program in Sports Law is at the cutting edge of sporting and legal knowledge. It was developed specifically for legal practitioners and sports administrators for whom an understanding of sports law will provide a real professional advantage. This subject may be taken as part of the following Melbourne Law School degrees:

·         Master of Tax          

·         Master of Laws (law graduates only)  

·         Graduate Diploma in Sports Law (4 subjects)

·         Master of Commercial Law (8 subjects)

To enrol or to obtain further information about the subject or any of the programs, visit the Melbourne Law Masters Website www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au or contact the Melbourne Law Masters Office, law-masters@unimelb.edu.au