Penn State Institute
for Sports Law, Policy and Research
Directed by Professor Stephen
Ross, one of the nation’s leading sports
law scholars, the Penn State Institute for Sports
Law Policy and Research is designed to
The Institute is aided by an advisory
board comprised of prominent industry leaders,
sports scholars from around the world, and Penn
State faculty and alumni, all dedicated to advancing
the study of sports.
The Institute works closely with a faculty and staff from another of other disciplines on the Penn State campus, including the John Curley Center for Sports and Journalism, the Center for Sports Business Research in the Smeal College of Business, and the Departments of Kinesiology and Statistics. In addition, the Institute facilitates inter-disciplinary work with a variety of sports-interested
faculty on the Penn State campus, sponsoring faculty colloquia and faculty/student reading groups. The Institute intends to feature programs that are of utmost importance to the field, including a speaker series featuring prominent industry leaders, private conferences to explore consensus approaches to difficult sports policy issues, and ongoing lectures to faculty and students.
Contact Information:
E-mail: sfr10@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 865-8995
