Law School Clinics Offering NIL Assistance to Student Athletes

Last Updated on March 19, 2026

A number of law schools have launched clinics, or added to existing clinics, to give law students hands-on experience working with student athletes on name, image, and likeness issues, from negotiating contracts to forming corporations, registering trademarks and more.

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Brooklyn Law School (Sports Law Clinic)

The Brooklyn Law School Sports Law Clinic provides free legal services to college athletes who need assistance with their NIL commercial activity, including contract review and deal negotiation. The clinic also handles NIL Go appeals, disciplinary matters before the College Sports Commission, House settlement claim buyouts, trademark registration, business formation, Visa applications, and advocacy before sport governing bodies and tribunals, including with respect to team eligibility/selection.

Oregon (NIL & Sports Law Clinic)

The NIL & Sports Law Clinic provides free legal services to Oregon student-athletes and other influencers. The Clinic reviews NIL agreements and other contracts, helps students protect their brand, and forms businesses and nonprofit organizations. The Clinic also teaches educational sessions on NIL to teams, classes and other groups across the University and in the community.

Minnesota (Sports & NIL Clinic)

Student attorneys in the Sports & NIL Clinic will work with and assist clients attending institutions across the Upper Midwest, notably student-athletes and social media influencers, in navigating the rapidly changing landscape of name, image, and likeness. Specifically, student attorneys in the clinic will work with these clients as it relates to partnerships with brands and being able to leverage the clients’ newly recognized Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rights. The Sports & NIL Clinic is a placement clinic, and clients will be entering into representation agreements with attorneys at Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Buffalo (Sports Law Clinic: NIL Project)

UB School of Law Sports Law Clinic’s Name, Image & Likeness (NIL) Project is designed to help students explore and develop licensing, policy making and client counseling skills while serving as support for the UB Athletic Department. Under the direction of law faculty, students will have the opportunity to work with UB Athletic Department representatives, including specific administrators in Compliance. Students will conduct research, draft client memoranda, and respond to issues arising during the course of the UB Athletic Department’s efforts to comply with the new New York State NIL legislation, NCAA and Mid-America Conference (MAC) regulation, and other state NIL legislation to the extent applicable.Work in this project will involve:

Analyzing and comparing recent NIL legislation across multiple jurisdictions;
Researching and assessing policies and protocols adopted by other Division I institutions;
Developing specific programming to meet the requirements of the New York State NIL legislation;
Creating a compliance system to document the implementation of the programming described in #3;
Researching and analyzing the various third party options available for NIL deals in terms of their value and compliance with relevant legislation and regulation;
Identifying existing UB licensing/branding arrangements and the extent to which they impact UB’s capacity to engage with student-athletes in NIL transactions; and

Researching and analyzing existing collectives which seek to compensate student-athletes, focusing upon:

a) the value such groups may bring to UB and/or the student-athlete; and
b) Any and all compliance, legal or other issues arising from such arrangements

Wisconsin (Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic)

The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic offers transactional legal services to both off-campus and on-campus entrepreneurs, including students and faculty. Subject to NCAA guidance, applicable NIL policies and state law, student athletes from anywhere in the state of Wisconsin can apply to the clinic for review of their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) contracts.

Campbell (Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic)

Campbell Law School’s Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic is accepting applications from college athletes to receive Name, Image and Likeness (“NIL”) pro bono representation this fall. The clinic will provide sound legal advice and analysis to student athletes to assist them in realizing the value of their NIL property.

Michigan (Entrepreneurship Clinic)

The Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Program offers pro bono legal representation to U-M athletes. The NIL Program hosts weekly office hours at the Ross Academic Center, workshops on topics such as how to read contracts, and one-on-one meetings with Student Athletes.

UCLA (Talent & Brand Partnerships/NIL Clinic)

Students learn how various talent from media, music, fashion, and sports expand their brand into retail markets through licensing, merchandising, branding and endorsement deals, particularly in digital and new media. Students will then learn how to apply this knowledge in a series of live‐client NIL Pop‐Up Clinics in collaboration with UCLA Athletics. During these NIL Pop-Up Clinics, students will learn how to interview and conduct client intakes, issue spot, manage client priorities, and provide advice and counsel to UCLA college athletes on their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals.

Berkeley (Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, NIL Practicum & Seminar)

The NIL Practicum is the client-counseling course that corresponds to the NIL Seminar. The NIL Practicum will focus on assisting student athletes from around the entire state of California with actual legal issues arising in their NIL deals. Each law student will be supervised by leading practitioners. The Practicum must be taken at the same time as the NIL Seminar.

The NIL seminar is the classroom portion that corresponds to the NIL Practicum. The class will focus on the contract, ethical, and client-management issues faced in IP licensing deals involving name, image, and likeness. The Seminar must be taken at the same time as the NIL Practicum.

Gonzaga (Sports Law Clinic)

The Sports Law Clinic is designed to educate student-athletes, coaches, and university officials on the legal implications of name, image, and likeness (NIL) opportunities. The clinic is staffed by second and third-year law students from Gonzaga University School of Law with a special interest in the intersection of sports, tax, intellectual property, and business law. We aim to be an all-in-one resource for those curious about NCAA regulations as well as state and federal laws concerning NIL.

Ohio State (Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic)

The Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic at the Moritz College of Law has partnered with Ohio State Athletics to help students and student-athletes better understand the legal aspects of NIL, specifically contracts.

Missouri (Entrepreneurship Clinic)

In addition to reviewing their NIL contracts and helping the student-athlete navigate the complexities of the legal terms and conditions — convert the contract language from ‘lawyer words’ to more common explanations in layman’s terms — we can assist them in protecting their brand through Trademark filings as well and personal liability protection using certain corporate entities

Indiana (Center for Intellectual Property Research)

Student-athletes will get needed legal representation, and law students, working under the guidance of both full-time and adjunct faculty at the law school, will have the opportunity to develop and hone important skills while working with peers. The Name, Image and Likeness Initiative will be available to more than 700 student-athletes at IU, with assistance provided on a first-come, first-served basis. It is also open to other IU students who have name, image and likeness opportunities.

Penn State (Arts, Sports and Entertainment Law Clinic)

The Clinic is an educational resource to the Penn State Athletic Department and Penn State athletes on the subject of Name, Image and Likeness.

If your law school has a clinic or other program you believe should be listed here, please get in touch.