Course Content
Course modules
To obtain the certificate a student will study:
Foundations of Sports Law and the Sports Regulatory Regime – This module is studied from September to January.
Topics covered:
- Sports Governing Bodies
- The Sports Disciplinary Process
- Foundations of Sport and Ethics: Doping Control
- Foundations of Commercial Aspects of Sport: Sports Rights
- Competition Act and EU Treaty
- Anti-Discrimination Laws
- Human Rights Act
- Data Protection Regulation
Practice Perspectives on Sports Law – this Module runs from September to April. It is supported by a series of lectures held in London venues (London Lectures) and delivered by leading sports law practitioners. A minimum attendance requirement applies to these events and the module is assessed by coursework.
The London lectures comprise of four principal subject areas:
- Section A – Sports Governance
- Section B – Commercialisation of Sport
- Section C – Integrity in Sport
- Section D – Issues for Individual Athletes
One module from the following:
- Representing the Athlete/Player
- The Sports Participant in the Courts
The module chosen will run from January to June.
If you are enrolled onto the course, you are a De Montfort University student. This means that you will be invited to our Saturday study days (three per year). You will have access for academic purposes to our online databases. You will have ongoing access to the course team who will happily liaise and guide by telephone or electronically. And of course you will have course materials provided by Leicester De Montfort Law School.
