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Articles on Career Development
How My Mentor Helped Me Grow as a Professional - Maria Naneva
If someone had told me what the last year would look like just before the LawInSport Scheme began, I probably would have thought they had a rather optimistic view. The Mentorship…
Breaking into sports law in India – the career journey of a LawInSport Mentee
LawInSport is one of the pioneering organizations in the area of sports law on an international scale. I had subscribed to their website in 2020 and came across a plethora of arti…
My experience as a LawInSport Mentee, Charlie Kendrick, and Q&A with mentor Beth French, Commercial Legal Counsel, FIFA
Last September, after receiving the exciting news that I would be enrolled into LawInSport’s Mentoring Scheme comprising a group of 46 mentees worldwide, I was very much excited b…
My experiences as a mentee for LawInSport: Navneet Ramloll
In May 2022, I stumbled upon LawInSport’s mentoring scheme for the first time through social media. I instantly thought that this was a fantastic opportunity to receive insight an…
My first steps as a sports lawyer – Chris Watkins, Legal Counsel at City Football Group & LawInSport Mentee 2021-2022
From the day I finalised my decision to study law at university, I was interested in pairing potential future legal skills with my passion for sport. “Passion for sport” is someth…
Reflections of Paralympic athlete & aspiring sports lawyer - Nic Beveridge
I’ve said this before (under different circumstances) however I feel it’s applicable in this instance too. Good things can find us when we least expect them to.
It was January 20…
Sports lawyer in the spotlight: Brianna Quinn
For this edition of Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight, we interviewed Brianna Quinn who is a partner at Bird & Bird in Sydney, Australia. She represents sports clients in a wide…
7 things I’ve learnt as a LawInSport Mentee – Grace Hockold
When I applied for the mentoring scheme at the beginning of 2021, I was in the final year of my undergraduate degree in Law at Nottingham Trent University. When I began my degree…
From corporate lawyer to legal counsel at Tik Tok - reflection of a LawInSport Mentee – Jordan Prince
This is a reflective blog post by Jordan Prince, Legal Counsel at TikTok who was on the 2021-22 LawInSport mentoring scheme.
Reflection of a LawInSport mentee - Anthony Mwazumbi Njoroge
In 2021, I was privileged to be selected as part of the LawInSport Mentoring Scheme.
I applied to the programme because of my passion for law and sport. At the time a practising…
My experience on the LawInSport Mentoring Scheme - Umang Shah
LawInSport has been one of the pioneering organizations in the area of sports law. I had subscribed to their website and found the articles written by various subject-matter exper…
Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight: Jirí Janák
Jiří Janák is a former Czech racing driver who raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and the Porsche Supercup, among other competitions.
He is an attorney-at-law specialising…
Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight: Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith is a barrister at 11KBW Chambers in London. He practises principally in the fields of employment and discrimination law, sports law and commercial law.
He is regular…
Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight: Farai Razano
Farai is a Partner at Razano Attorneys, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. His practice focuses on sports law and entertainment law. He has acted for individual athletes, clubs…
Sports Lawyer In Spotlight: Roberto De Palma Barracco
Roberto de Palma Barracco is an attorney, mediator and arbitrator focused on the lifestyle industries - especially sports, art, entertainment, fashion and food. He is a leading co…
Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight: Kate Porter
For this week’s edition of Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight, we interviewed Kate Porter who is a partner and head of the sports practice at Vela Wood P.C. in the United States. She…
Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight: Mark Hovell
For this week’s edition on Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight, we sat down with Mark Hovell, who is a partner at Mills & Reeve and heads up their sports practice. He specialises i…
Sports Lawyer In Spotlight: Christopher Chase
For this week’s edition of Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight, we interviewed Christopher Chase who is a partner at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz and founder of the firm’s Sports…
Sports Lawyer In The Spotlight: James Kitching
Welcome to the first edition of LawInSport’s new series ‘Sports Lawyer in the Spotlight’, where we go behind the scenes with the leading sports lawyers around the world to get to…
Summary on How to Build Your Network in the Sports Field
LawInSport’s “How to Build Your Network in the Sports Field” webinar discussed the importance of networking in the sports field and offered some best practices for how to exp…
Tips to Develop Your Sports Law Career (From Private Practice to General Counsel)
This is a summary of points discussed on a LawInSport webinar entitled “How to develop your career as a sports lawyer” held on 3 March 2021.
The panel speakers were:
Car…
Top 5 Tips On Writing A Great CV & Covering Letter For Sports Law Applications
This article provides five top tips on how to write an effective cover letter and CV. The information is taken from a live webinar held by LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrel…
Top 10 tips on how to become a sports lawyer 2.0
LawInSport · How to become a sports lawyer with LawInSport, Founder, Sean Cottrell
This article was updated with Episode 97 of the LawInSport Podcast to accompany this article…
Becoming sports lawyer: an interview with LawInSport mentee Daniel Kelly
I am Daniel Kelly, 32 years old and recently graduated from De Montfort University Sports Law & Practice master’s course. I received my initial LLB Law degree in 2008, at whic…
Becoming a sports lawyer: LawInSport mentee journal - Emily Ablitt
This is a journal of Emily Ablitt, Trainee Solicitor at Shoosmiths, a mentee from the inaugural LawInSport Mentoring Scheme which was launched in September 2018. Emily was part of…
How to become a sports lawyer webinar
Thursday, 18 June 2015 - Webinar (You can access the recorded webinar click here.)
Sports law is a popular but difficult area of the law to break into. It is not alway…
