Seton Hall Law's gaming, hospitality, entertainment, and sports law (“GHamES”) concentration provides students with the necessary foundation to work in these growing, dynamic, and interrelated sectors.
Learn more about GHamESAll interested students in the GHamES concentration should submit a Concentration Declaration Form. This form must be submitted by the end of the first week of classes in the student’s final semester.
Note: Students may not apply courses taken Pass/D or Fail toward the Concentration credit requirement.
Faculty advice is available to students pursuing or considering the Concentration track. Students seeking curricular advisement should contact Assistant Dean Devon Corneal or Professor Robert Boland.
To graduate with a GHamES Concentration, students must complete a minimum of 13 credits in GHamES courses and fulfill the requirements outline below.
In addition to the core courses required of all students, to graduate with a GHamES concentration, students must complete THREE of the following courses:
In addition, students must also complete ONE of the following courses:
Completion of a paper that satisfies the Advanced Writing Requirement (AWR) through (1) a GHamES seminar or (2) another AWR seminar in which a student writes on a GHamES topic that has been pre-approved by Dean Corneal or (3) a journal comment on a gaming, hospitality, entertainment, or sports law topic that has been pre-approved by Dean Corneal.
New courses that reflect emerging issues in the gaming, hospitality, entertainment and sports law industries are always being developed – ensuring that our curriculum gives our students the necessary foundation to be successful in their chosen fields.
As with other concentrations offered by Seton Hall Law, in order to obtain a GHamES Concentration, a student must have, at the time of graduation, a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the courses taken in the Concentration. There is no overall GPA required. In calculating a students' GPA for concentration purposes, where the student has taken more than the minimum courses needed, the qualifying courses in the GHamES Concentration with the highest grades may be utilized.
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Seton Hall Law School’s Master of Legal Studies (MLS) program offers nonlawyers the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of industries operating in the GHamES space through flexible, online learning courses which include Entertainment Law, Gaming Law, and Sports Law. For a complete list of courses and concentrations as well as application information, please visit our Master's Degree in Legal Studies (MLS) information page.
