Sports & Entertainment Law Program

Sports & Entertainment Law Program
Michael McCann in his office

Get Ahead of the Game

UNH Franklin Pierce's Sports and Entertainment Law Institute provides incredible opportunities for students who want a career in sports and entertainment law. Demand for versatile legal professionals remains on the rise in the thriving sports and entertainment industries. At UNH Franklin Pierce, our Sports & Entertainment Law program will position you to enter that rapidly-growing law market with skills honed in innovative courses taught by accomplished faculty members. Led by one of the nation's foremost authorities in sports law, the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute hosts a variety of events that shine the spotlight on important national cases and provides students the opportunity to gain invaluable hands-on experience in legal residencies with organizations including Sony Music, Under Armour, and the Dallas Cowboys.

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Sports and Entertainment Law Institute

The Institute is run by professor Michael McCann, a prolific sports law writer for Sportico who has gained a reputation as one of the nation’s leading experts in sports law. The Sports & Entertainment Law Institute (SELI) is guided by full-time professors with deep contacts in the sports and entertainment legal fields who closely mentor students in the program. 

Through SELI, students have landed coveted externships and employment opportunities with NBA, NFL and NHL teams as well as with national sports agencies, top apparel companies and companies in the music and technology sectors. SELI has also hosted academic and professional conferences with leading figures in sports and entertainment law—including Ed O’Bannon and the Slants

Sports and Entertainment Law Institute

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