What: Sports Lawyers Association Roundtable Discussion When: Thursday, December 12, 2013 (5:30 p.m.) Where: The Tampa Club (101 E Kennedy Blvd #4200, Tampa, FL 33602) The event is presented by the? Sports Lawyers Association, Holland & Knight LLP, and Hill Ward Henderson. The session is part of the Sports Lawyers Association’s continuing effort to bring […]
The following article is a guest contribution from Evan Brennan. Mr. Brennan an NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor and is a current student at Chapman Law School. He holds a Master’s degree in Sports Management from California State University at Long Beach, and a Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. He has worked in athlete public […]
This coming Saturday, Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law will host its 4th Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law. While I will unfortunately not be in attendance for this year’s event (I’ll be speaking at another conference in Jamaica) my hope is that an item only recently announced is a topic discussed by […]
The following guest contribution was written by Jonathan Gordon, a junior at the University of Notre Dame with plans of attending law school. The founder of Sports Analytics Blog, Jonathan invites you to connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn. “If I want to be a lawyer and work in sports, then I should be […]
What: 25th Annual North American ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW CONFERENCE When: November 6-10, 2013 Where: Secrets Wild Orchid, Montego Bay, Jamaica This is the first year that I will be attending (and speaking at) the conference, which is known throughout the entertainment and sports law community as one of the best events around. The full list […]
This Fall I am teaching a course titled, Sport Agency Management for the third consecutive year at the University of Indiana Bloomington. The purpose of the class is to provide students with a greater understanding of the current issues and laws related to the sport agent profession, and focuses primarily on the legal and practical way to act […]
What: Panel Discussion about the business of college sports and the NCAA’s treatment of amateur athletes. Where: Harvard Law School (Hauser Hall Room 102, 1563 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138) When: Thursday, October 31, 2013 (5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) The discussion will feature excerpts from the EPIX original documentary, Schooled: The Price of College Sports. […]
What: Networking event hosted by the Sports Lawyers Association and South Florida-based Entertainment & Sports Law Societies. When: Thursday, October 24, 2013 (6 p.m. – 9 p.m.) Where: Blue Martini Lounge in Mary Brickell Village (900 South Miami Ave., #250, Miami, FL 33130) The Sports Lawyers Association along with the Entertainment & Sports Law Societies from Miami Law, FIU Law, NOVA […]
What: Suffolk University Law School Symposium: Compensation, Commercialization, and Labor Issues in NCAA Div. I Sports When: Thursday October 24, 2013 (6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.) Where: Suffolk University Law School (120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108) The discussion will focus several issues facing the NCAA, including potential compensation for student-athletes in revenue generating sports, the O’Bannon class action anti-trust lawsuit […]
What: The Sun Devil Sports & Entertainment Law Journal’s presents the Fourth Annual Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law When: Saturday, November 9, 2013 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Where: Arizona State University Memorial Union, Arizona Ballroom 221 I have participated in this event for multiple years and can confidently say it is one of my favorite Sports […]