Dionne Koller

Professor Koller’s scholarly focus is sports law, particularly in the areas of youth, Olympic and Paralympic, and education-based sports, and she is a frequent media commentator and consultant to state and federal legislatures on issues related to sports and the law. She has published numerous journal articles on sports law, and in 2021, Professor Koller was appointed by Sen. Maria Cantwell to co-chair the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympic and Paralympics, which delivered its final report to Congress in 2024. Professor Koller also has served as chair and as a member of the Executive Board for the Sports Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, is a member of the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s Administrative Review Panel, and is on the editorial board for the INTERNATIONAL SPORTS LAW JOURNAL. Professor Koller was awarded the Association of American Law School’s 2024 award for significant contributions to the field of sports law, and is also the recipient of the University of Baltimore’s President’s Faculty Award for outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship, and service, and the University of Baltimore School of Law’s James May Teaching Award and Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. Prior to entering law teaching, Professor Koller was an attorney with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. in Washington, D.C. Professor Koller is the author of MORE THAN PLAY: HOW LAW, POLICY, AND POLITICS SHAPE AMERICAN YOUTH SPORT (University of California Press 2025), and she has a JD and MA from George Washington University and an LLM from Harvard Law School.