LAW 755 Contemporary Name Image & Likeness


USC Gould School of Law is seeking a lecturer to teach Contemporary Name Image and Likeness. This two-unit course will examine the current state of Name, Image and Likeness (“NIL”) in college athletics, including the legal basis for college athletes’ ability to secure representation and enter into paid collective agreements, whether college athletes should be considered employees and whether athletic departments will be able to pay athletes directly.


Candidates for this position must have business experience in the subject area. In addition, this course will be taught on campus, so instructors must be local.


The course may be postponed until a later semester if fewer than six students are enrolled.


USC reserves the “Adjunct” appointment for faculty teaching less than full-time at USC, who are employed full-time in a primary profession or career elsewhere. Adjunct faculty typica...