William Berry

Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Research, and Frank Montague Jr. Professorship of Legal Studies

Email:
wwberry@olemiss.edu
Office Location:
Law School
Phone:
662-915-6859
Website:
Scholarly Papers

Will Berry is the Associate Dean for Research and Montague Professor of Law at the University of Mississippi, where he also serves as the Director of the Cambridge Summer Abroad Program.

Research Interests

Eighth Amendment
Entertainment Law
Criminal Sentencing
Capital Punishment
Intercollegiate Sports Law
Professional Sports Law
State Constitutional Law

Biography

Professor Berry has taught at the University of Mississippi School of Law since 2008. He currently serves as the Associate Dean of Research and the Director of the Cambridge Summer Abroad Program. Before coming to Ole Miss, he clerked for the Honorable Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr. in the Middle District of Tennessee and the Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr. on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, as well as practiced law in Washington, D.C. with the firm of Shea & Gardner (now Goodwin Procter).

Publications

Featured Publication

Berry and Lust's College Sports Law in a Nutshell

This College Sports Law Nutshell provides an up-to-date discussion of the shifting landscape of college sports law forged by the series of recent lawsuits. The book covers the relationship of the student-athlete to the university; the historical enforcement of NCAA rules; the evolution of the NCAA's amateurism model; the adoption of state name, image, and likeness laws and the contours of the ability of athletes to monetize their NILs through collectives.