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Graduate Diploma of Sports Management (Sports Law) GradDipSpMgmt(SpLaw)
Graduate Certificate in Sports Management (Sports Law) GradCertSpMgt(SpLaw)

The Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Sports Management (Sports Law) aims to produce graduates who have excellent knowledge and skills in areas of law that relate specifically to sport.

About the course

The legal knowledge and skills developed through this course pertain to all areas of work in the sports industry. The comprehensive understanding of the legal framework gained through this course will give participants a significant advantage in the professional sports industry, whether they are coach, athlete, administrator or manager.

Graduate Certificate in Sports Management (Sports Law)
The Graduate Certificate is aimed at all participants in the sports industry who need a practical understanding of many common issues that present in the sports management/administration setting whether they are a coach, athlete, administrator or manager. This Graduate Certificate is invaluable to any individual involved in a sporting organisation, at any level.

The specific goal of the program is to provide participants with a practical understanding of the core knowledge and skills required to read, understand, apply and make legally informed decisions about issues arising in the context of sport.

Graduate Diploma of Sports Management (Sports Law)
The specific goal of the program is to provide the cohort of participants who are either currently in, or are preparing for a career in the sports industry with the core knowledge and skills required to read, understand, apply and make legally informed decisions about issues arising in the context of sport.

The course aims to link the issues that are prevalent in the contemporary sports profession with an understanding of the relevant areas of law. The key areas involved revolve around contractual issues in sports, issues of negligence and liability and other provisions enunciated under common and statute law which closely pertain to sport. Part of each subject will be looking at a prevalent legal area such as; torts, negligence, criminal law, trade practices law, contract, interpretation of statutes and legal research. These areas are then developed with specific reference to the sporting context and case law in which they are found. This education design means that students are skilled in the current law as it relates to sports but are also skilled at finding, reading and interpreting new law.

Articulation

The Graduate Certificate in Sports Management (Sports Law) articulates with the Graduate Diploma of Sports Management (Sports Law) and credit is awarded in the Graduate Diploma for all subjects completed in the Graduate Certificate.

Graduation requirements

To graduate with the Graduate Certificate in Sports Management (Sports Law), students must successfully complete 32 points at Pass level or above.

To graduate with the Graduate Diploma of Sports Management (Sports Law), students must successfully complete 64 points at Pass level or above.

 

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