1st Specialist Course in Sports Law 2021-2023
In 2013, promoted by the CEO of the University of Navarra, the first specialist program in Sports Law was launched, with the financial aid de la School of Law. Since then, more than 300 students have participated with the partnership of professionals, professors and renowned speakers in the field of sports law.
The world of sport is becoming increasingly professional and this requires the presence of specialists who are able to provide the necessary information for the proper functioning of sporting activities. In the case of the legal field, it is vitally important to understand the obligations and responsibilities of the different actors in the sports scenario, to know and interpret the different regulations and their impact on the business of sport, and to master the mechanisms for conflict resolution, among other issues.
The Specialist Course in Sports Law goal aims to broaden and deepen knowledge for students and professionals in the field of law, covering different topics.
YEAR 1
1.- THE SPORT ECOSYSTEM AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS
a) Sport organisation
b) Sports Federations, Clubs, Associations, etc.
c) Public administrations (City Councils, Autonomous Communities)
d) Sports facilities: obligations and responsibilities
e) Sponsors, brands, insurance companies, media speech, representation companies.
f) The sportsperson and sports agents.
2.- CONFLICTS IN SPORT
a) Main conflicts between entities and athletes
b) Conflicts between entities
c) The discipline sports: Responsibilities and sanctioning law.
d) Mechanisms for out-of-court dispute resolution in sport.
e) Offences in sport: violence, doping, cheating, non-payment of taxes, etc.
YEAR 2
3.- THE BUSINESS OF SPORT
a) Commercial regulation of the sports business.
b) The financing of sport: sponsorship Image rights, Subsidies, etc.
c) Identification of legal risks and business risks.
d) Taxation and taxation.
e) Sports betting
4.- SPORT AS A PROFESSION
a) Professional sportsmen and women
b) Employment relations: Contracts, obligations of the parties, image rights.
c) Sports agents: obligations and responsibilities, relationship with brands and sponsors.
d) Sports companies and the media on speech. Organisation of events
d) The new trends in sport: eSports
Enrique Arnaldo
Marisa Nadal
Ana Ballesteros
Alberto Palomar
Luis Cazorla
María Luisa Pérez
Emilio Cortés
Carolina Pino
Raúl Chapado
Javier Rodríguez Ten
Carlos del Campo
Francisco Rubio
María Echeverría
Ángel Ruiz de Apodaca
Javier Ferrero
Eduardo Ruiz de Erénchun
Miguel García- Caba
José Ignacio Saldarriaga
Javier Latorre
Victoria Sánchez-Pos
Ana Muñoz Merino
Aimed at:
- Students of School Law
- University graduates in Law, Business Administration and Management, and Sports Science.
- Sports professionals working in management and sports organisation.
- Ex-athletes who wish to specialise in this field.
- Lawyers working or wishing to work in the area of legal aid sports.
- The course will consist of 40 teaching hours in 20 two-hour sessions on Friday afternoons over two years.
- Students must submit an end-of-course work and complete a final examination, in order to be assessed.
- The course will close with a trip to meet and visit different sports organisations.
- The sessions will be face-to-face and also online, for those who wish to attend and/or live outside Pamplona, with the obligation to attend at least 90% of the sessions at attend.
- The School of Law of the University of Navarra will value the diploma in 3 ECTS credit.
FIRST YEAR
29.X.21 Session 1st / module A-1
GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF SPORT
05.XI.21 Session 2 / module A-2
SPORT ENTITIES
12.XI.21 Session 3 / module A-3
SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURES
14.I.22 Session 4 / module A-4
SPONSORS, INSURANCE, MEDIA AND BRANDS
21.I.22 Session 5 / module A-5
THE FIGURE OF THE ATHLETE
11.II.22 Session 6 / module B.1
DOPING IN SPORT
25.II.22 Session 7 / module B.2
PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE, RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA
11.III.22 8th Session / module B.3
ABNORMAL FINANCING OF SPORT
25.III.22 Session 9 / module B.4
SPORT JUSTICE AND discipline
8.IV.22 Session 10 / module B.5
OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT MECHANISMS
SECOND YEAR
7.X.22 Session 11 / module C.1
REGULATION OF AUDIOVISUAL RIGHTS REVENUE
21.X.22 Session 12 / module C.2
ALTERNATIVE FINANCING FORMULAS
4.XI.22 Session 13 / module C.3
COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF THE IMAGE OF SPORT
18.XI.22 14th session / module C.4
LEGAL REGIME FOR SPORTS BETTING
20.I.23 Session 15 / module C.5
TAX REGIME FOR PROFESSIONAL SPORT AND ENTITIES
10.II.23 Session 16 / module D.1
LEGAL STATUS OF THE PROFESSIONAL SPORTSPERSON
24.II.23 Session 7 / module D.2
TRANSFERS OF PLAYERS
10.III.23 Session 18 / module D.3
REPRESENTATION AND MEDIATION IN SPORT
24.III.23 Session 19 / module D.4
ORGANISATION OF SPORTING EVENTS
21.IV.23 Session 20 / module D.5
NEW TRENDS: E-SPORTS
Travel, exhibition of Papers and submission of Diplomas
Tuition
- General: 850 euros
- 10% discount (UNAV Alumni, ADESP, Induráin Foundation, and MICAP)
- 20% discount (UNAV students)
- (Registrations before 30 July 2021: additional 10% discount)
