Juris Doctor (JD) - Sport and Entertainment Concentration

Juris Doctor (JD) - Sport and Entertainment Concentration

Course Requirements

The University of Mississippi School of Law offers a program of concentration in sports and entertainment law for students who seek to develop special expertise in these areas during their law school careers. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, the concentration provides an edge for students who have demonstrated their commitment to and interest in sports and entertainment law. Upon completion of the requirements of the sports and entertainment law concentration, students will be awarded a certificate evidencing completion and a notation on their official transcript.

The sports and entertainment law concentration recognizes a student's strong emphasis in the sports and entertainment law field. A student may be recognized for a concentration in sports and entertainment law by satisfying the following requirements:

1. Successfully completing 5 core courses;
2. Successfully completing at least 3 intensive credit hours;
3. Successfully obtaining at least 24 credit hours in core courses, intensive courses and other eligible courses.

Due to scheduling constraints and prerequisites, students must plan carefully in order to complete the concentration.

Core courses, intensive credit hours, and other eligible courses are listed below. Each core course is offered at least one term each year (for each of the core courses 5, at least one of the eligible courses is offered each year), but others listed below may not be offered every year. A list of the specific courses offered in any given term that may count toward the sports and entertainment law concentration will be disseminated prior to enrollment for that term.

Intensive Credit Hours

Any of the following provided that it has been approved by the designated faculty member for the concentration prior to enrollment for the term in which the credits are earned:

• Externship*
• Individual Study
• Writing class that satisfies the upper-level writing requirement
• Skills class

* Externship must be related to sports or entertainment law.

Other Academic Requirements

All credits counted for the concentration must be graded, and the student must obtain at least a 3.0 grade-point average that includes grades for all credit hours counted toward satisfying each of the three requirements set forth above.