Sport Administration

Applicants must be currently enrolled in their second year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School to apply for the LAW/EXSS Dual Degree Program.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has offered a dual MA/JD in sport administration and law since the fall of 2004. This combined program will require full time study for four years on campus.

Academic Requirements

The current law degree is 86 credit hours over three years of study.

The current sport administration graduate program is 32 credit hours and an internship.

The combined degree is 112 credit hours over four years of study.

First year: Full time Law School

First year standard curriculum

Second year: Full time Law School required courses and electives

Third year: Full time in Exercise and Sport Science

Fall: EXSS 740 - Administration of Sport

EXSS 748 - Legal Issues in Collegiate Sport

EXSS 746 - Economic and Financial Management of Sport

EXSS 742 - Social Issues in Exercise and Sport

Spring: EXSS 700 - Applied Statistics and Research Methods in EXSS

EXSS 705 - Applied Statistics and Research Methods Laboratory

EXSS 744 - Collegiate Sport Marketing

EXSS 749 - NCAA Governance and Compliance

Fourth year: Six (6) credits of thesis (3 credits fall semester to propose; 3 credits in spring semester with thesis defense – of these 6 credits, 3 credits count as Law Independent Research toward the 86 law hours)

Two (2) credits - EXSS 750 & 751 - Sport Administration Leadership Seminars

Law School electives for remaining credit hours.

Recommended law electives (with approval of Law School Advisor) may include:

Business Associations (4)

Evidence (3)

Income Tax (3)

Trusts and Estates (4)

Administrative Law (3)

Alt. Dispute Resolution (3)

Anti-Trust Law (3)

Education Law (3)

Sports Law (3)

To achieve 86 credits of law, 3 credits of thesis would count as Law Independent Research and 3 additional credits would count as a law school elective.

* The 3 credits of Law Independent Research may be used to satisfy one of the two Law School writing requirements but will not be accepted as the “rigorous writing requirement” imposed by the Law School under ABA requirements.

Note: Program/degree requirements may be subject to change by the respective schools. It is the intent of both schools that the students in the dual degree program meet all program and degree requirements of each school.

Admissions

Applicants will be accepted from UNC law students in their second year.

Both Graduate School and EXSS department applications and supporting materials need to be submitted and completed by January 1 .

The Coordinator of the Graduate Program for Sport Administration and the Law School representatives (Faculty Advisor and Admissions) will meet in late February/early March to discuss dual degree applicants. Offers of admission will be made to dual degree candidates in March with a deposit due by April 1.

Funding

Students are responsible for tuition and fees payable to both the Law School and the Graduate School .

Dual degree students would not receive funding from EXSS. They are not eligible to receive stipends as teaching assistants or complete athletics department internships during the academic year.

All other competitive forms of financial aid are available through the standard process. Please consult the Financial Aid advisors through the Law School and the Graduate School .