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Florida Law Review’s Annual Dunwoody Distinguished Lecture in Law

While the subject may not exactly be sports related, I am doing a friend of mine a favor any posting this up.  If you are in Gainesville, FL, you should come check it out:

Yale law professor Akhil Amar will speak on “Bush, Gore, Florida and the Constitution” on Tuesday, March 24 at the University of Florida Levin College of Law as the Florida Law Review’s Dunwody Distinguished Lecturer in Law. To help close the Bush era, Amar will talk about the case that started Bush’s tenure and will also discuss the Florida Supreme Court’s role in the outcome of the case. The lecture will be broadcast via Webcast at www.floridalawreview.org. The lecture begins at 10am.

After asking my friend how this ties to sports, this was his response:

Gore was on the Harvard Basketball team and Bush was a cheerleader at Yale.  Additionally, Bush owned/operated the Texas Rangers and was instrumental in the Mitchell Report.

Yeah…I guess that works.

By Darren Heitner

Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.