Results & Evaluation of Pro Bono Legal Services at the Tokyo 2020 Games
During the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which held between July and September 2021, the Pro Bono Legal Advice and Representation Service for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Service) was provided by lawyers in Japan.
In this article, the author, as a member of the Management Committee of the Service[1] and a secretariat of the Japan Sports Arbitration Agency, provides an overview, results and evaluation of the Service.
Specifically, this article examines:
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- Tags: Arbitration | Athletics | CAS | Dispute Resolution | Olympics | Paralympics | Pro Bono Legal Advice | Tennis | Tokyo 2022
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Written by
Shoichi Sugiyama
Shoichi is a partner at Field-R Law Offices. He specialises in sports dispute resolution, including football, anti-doping and athlete human rights protection. Shoichi has extensive experience representing athletes before sports forums, including CAS. He is also an arbitrator at Arbitration Center of Daini Tokyo Bar Association, the Vice Chair of the Sports Arbitration and Mediation Committee at Japan Arbitrators Association and a board member of the Japan Sports Law Association.
