Sam Cusumano

Present Position
Associate Head of School
(Teaching and Learning) and
Senior Lecturer

Tel: 61 3 9244 6539
Fax: 61 3 9244 6063
Email: sam.cusumano@deakin.edu.au

Academic Qualifications
LLB Melb. LLM Deakin, Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria 

Teaching Expertise

• Sport and the Law 
• Contract Law 
• Business Law 
• Commercial Law 
• Civil Procedure 

Subjects Taught

• Sport and the Law 
• Contract Law 
• Business Law 
• Commercial Law 
• Civil Procedure
• Succession Law  

Research Interests

All Sport and Law issues, especially: 

• Labour market controls in sport; 
• Remedies for breach of contract; 
• Discrimination in sport; 
• Liability in sport. 

Work History

Legal practitioner since 1975. 

Membership of Tribunals

• Victorian Football League Tribunal 
• Victorian Soccer Federation Appeals Board 
• Victorian Football League Independent Panel
• Chair of Tennis Australia Disciplinary Tribunal
• Member of the Victorian Country Football League Appeals Board
• Member of the Diamond Valley Football League Appeals Board

Membership of Clubs 

• Rotary club of Bundoora since 1996; 
• Rotary Club of Thomastown, 1976-89; 
• Australian & New Zealand Law Association since 1991. 

Publications