Gaming/Gambling Law - UNLV Forum

[LurkSoHard]

I am curious as to how many graduates from UNLV actually enter into a career as a gaming attorney. I am even more curious about in house counsel for Hotel & Casinos. I am interested in pursuing a career in this field, but am not sure how achievable this is from UNLV. Does anyone have any insight on this question?

[mrclean17]

I'm also interested in this area of law.

Follow up to OP's question - what other schools would be best to get into gaming law besides UNLV? For example, an attorney in CA who wanted to work with Indian casinos, etc.

[DueProcessDoWheelies]

I've spoken with some attorneys in the field. Most of them worked as counsel for hotel/hospitality companies and then transitioned into gaming, which is a really niche field. I dont know how UNLV's program is but I imagine it's probably pretty good. The attorneys I spoked to mostly went to law school in the DC area, where much of the hotel industry's big players are located.

[mornincounselor]

The only gaming attorney I know of is I. Nelson Rose. He went to HLS and now teaches at Whittier. His bio indicates, in part, "While on sabbatical from Whittier Law School in 1993-1994, he became the first Visiting Scholar at the University of Nevada-Reno and taught the only course of gaming law in the state of Nevada."

See: https://www.law.whittier.edu/index/meet ... elson-rose

I think it is an interesting field, especially if one wants to learn UIGEA and banking law to help a poker website like PokerStars reintegrate state-by-state into the US market. But, it's very niche.