
FIFA EPSA
Wed, Oct 09
|Miami
FIFA's Executive Programme in Sports Arbitration • Deadline to apply June 28, 2024 • Program stars in MIAMI, then BUENOS AIRES and finishes in ZURICH


Time & Location
Oct 09, 2024, 9:00 AM – Feb 01, 2025, 4:00 PM
Miami, Miami, FL, USA
About the event
VIsit FIFA for more information and to register.
Program overview:
Module 1. 9-12 October 2024 (Miami, USA)
Introduction to the CAS and its proceedings
• CAS: history and structure
• ICAS (International Council of Arbitration for Sport)
• CAS Code of Sports-related Arbitration
• CAS proceedings:
• The Ordinary Arbitration Procedure
• The Appeal Arbitration Procedure
• The CAS Anti-Doping Division Procedure
• Ad-hoc divisions
• Other arbitration models in sport: the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal, the North American professional leagues system, etc.
• Practical exercise: statement of appeal
Module 2. 6-9 November 2024 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Fundamental aspects of CAS proceedings
• Initiation of the procedure: seat, language, time limits, formation of the panel, appointment of the arbitrators
• Costs of the arbitration proceedings: amount, advance of costs payment, share of costs
• Procedure: written submissions, bifurcation, jurisdiction, applicable provisional and conservatory measures, additional submissions, hearing, expedited proceedings, applicable law to the merits
• Types of evidence: exhibits, witnesses, expert evidence, request for evidentiary measures, evidentiary measures requested by the panel
• Proof: burden of proof and standard of proof
• Hearing from the arbitrator’s perspective: opening statements, witness and experts’ testimonies, and closing statements
• The award; potential remedies before the Swiss Federal Tribunal
• Practical exercise: appeal brief and answer to the appeal
Module 3. 29 January - 1 February 2025 (Zurich, Switzerland)
Cas leading cases in sport
• CAS landmark decisions in football
• CAS landmark decisions in disciplinary and ethics
• CAS landmark decisions in anti-doping
• CAS landmark decisions at the Olympic Games
• Other CAS landmark decisions
• Practical exercise: moot court case