I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. in International Environmental Law and Policy at the Research Institute of Wuhan University School of Law in Hubei Province, China. After graduating from the University of Oregon, I also interned at the United Nations Environmental Program in Geneva.
Do you have any advice for current students in the LL.M. program? Be bold!
5-year plan: Maybe become a Professor of Law at the University of Oregon…who knows!
I am a lecturer at Riara University, School of Law in Nairobi, Kenya.
Do you have any advice for current students in the LL.M. program? It is all about hard work and the memories you create. They build a pillar of success for the present and future.
5-year plan: My goal is to be established in academia, especially in a field that focuses on environmental and natural resources law.
Comments: During my studies at the UO I learned that integrity, self-discipline, faith in oneself, persistence, perseverance, teamwork and respect are the essential virtues that enable you to achieve your dreams.
I am an alumnus of the LL.M. program (Conflict & Dispute Resolution track) at the University of Oregon School of Law. I am from Brazil and work in the sports industry, focusing on crisis prevention and conflict management. An ADR enthusiast, I also deal with negotiations as well as arbitration and mediation within the sports sector and other related industries, such as fashion and entertainment.
Currently, I act as consultant in a couple of ADR/sports crossover projects here in Brazil. As to organizations that I am part of, I handle new sports initiatives in the Iberian-American legal context as IB|A Sports Legal Institutional Relations advisor. And I reach out to international partners as the Brazilian Sports Law Institute (IBDD) International Relations coordinator. I serve as a member of the International Association of Sports Law (IASL), as a guest member on the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) Sports Law Commission Santos Chapter, and as a member on the Brazilian Bar Association Technology and Innovation Commission São Paulo chapter.
I do follow a lifelong passion as a Universidade do Futebol sports law columnist. There I work to help others understand more about the underlying complexity of the law and sports convergence. As a sports lawyer, I also contribute to other media vehicles, such as LawInSport, TPA (The Players’ Agent), the Iberian-American Law Review of Sports’ Business & Economics, and the Panorama of Brazilian Law (PBL).
I do love my academia side. I was a Visiting Professor for the Summer Sports Institute at the University of Oregon School of Law in the summer of 2017, and I will be back again for its ’18 edition as a Visiting Professor. I work as an Academic Assistant at the University of São Paulo School of Law, and I have had visiting lecturer and key note speaker appointments in various universities, events and seminars in countries such as Brazil, U.S., Moldova and Japan.
Aside from my LL.B. (University of São Paulo School of Law) and LL.M. (#goDucks), I do have an extension on entertainment management & marketing (UCLA/MEMES Institute) and on sports business (FIA), as well as certificates in mediation (UO) and IP law (WIPO Academy). I am a University of São Paulo School of Law Master’s candidate (’18) and an International Sports Law ISDE global Master’s candidate (’19). As a continued learning believer, I hope to start my Ph.D. here in Brazil in ’19 to learn fresh perspectives on my area of work and share my own experience. Now you know a bit about me, and I would like to invite you to connect with me at my LinkedIn and twitter (@RBarracco) so I can get to know you more!
Do you have any advice for current students in the LL.M. program? Believe in yourself.
5-year plan: I would like to continue with most of the work I am doing now. Hopefully I will be able to contribute more to sports law as a professor at a Brazilian university and as a pro tempore professor at the University of Oregon School of Law. I do see myself as a Court of Arbitration for Sport arbitrator and a sports negotiator abroad focusing on the U.S. market.