Sports Law Clinic Students at Harvard Receive 2025 Paul C. Weiler Awards

During the Harvard Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law’s annual Harvard Sports Law Symposium, four students were celebrated for their contributions and dedication to the sports law community.

Ian Malesiewski ’25, Michael Poirier ’25, and Matisse Rogers ’25 received the Weiler Scholar Awards, and Alex Geyelin ’25 received the Weiler Writing Award. Each recipient has participated in a plethora of sports law courses, writing projects, and clinical placements at HLS.

Established in 2008, the Weiler Awards honor of Paul C. Weiler, Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School, considered to be the founder of American sports law and one of America’s foremost labor law scholars. Weiler passed away in 2021 after a long illness; “Paul represented the best of our profession and of the legal academy,” said former Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’85.

An interview with the Weiler awardees, where they discuss their work in the Sports Law Clinic and how the Sports Law program has shaped their law school experience and future aspirations appear at the following link:

https://hls.harvard.edu/clinic-stories/sports-law-clinic-students-receive-2025-paul-c-weiler-awards/