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KU Sports Law Symposium

What: Symposium: A Lawyer’s Life in the Sports World:  Representing the Client, Athlete, and Institution

Where: University of Kansas School of Law, Green Hall Room 104, 1535 W. 15th St.  Lawrence, KS 66045

When: Thursday, April 9, 2009 – 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Schedule:

  • 1:00 – 1:05:  Introduction, Brian Martinek, 2L, Vice President KU Sports & Entertainment Law Society
  • 1:05 – 2:15:  Panel One – The Bases are Loaded with Lawyers
    • Collective Bargaining:  Strikes, Lockouts, and the Hundred Year War Between Players and Owners
      • Steve Fehr, Outside Counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association
    • The Lawyer as Agent:  Representing the Superstar, the Role Player, and the Draft Pick
      • Randy Hendricks, Managing Partner, Hendricks Sports Management LLP
    • Maximizing the Players’ Right of Publicity
      • Judy Heeter, Major League Baseball Players Association Director of Business Affairs and Licensing
  • 2:15 – 2:20:  Break
  • 2:20 – 3:30:  Panel Two – The Program:  An Inside and Outside Look at College Athletic Departments
    • The Athletic Department:  Compliance and Investigation of Infractions
      • Chris Howard, Associate Athletics Director, University of Kansas
    • Representing the University:  When the Lawyers Get Involved
      • Steve Morgan, Bond, Shoeneck & King, PLLC
  • 3:30 – 3:35:  Break
  • 3:35 – 4:15:  Panel Three – So You Want to be Jerry Maguire?
    • Representing Professional Athletes:  Stories from the Front Lines
      • Kevin Regan, Founder and President, Regan Law Firm, LLC
  • 4:15 – 5:00:  Reception

*There will be a Q & A near the end of every panel.

Cost: Free

Any questions please contact Brian Martinek at [email protected].

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.

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