What: The sports law societies of Loyola, UCLA, and USC have collaborated to produce the second-annual “The Avenues of Sports Law”
When: Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. (Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.)
Where: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles: Robinson Courtroom (First floor in the Girardi building). Parking is free. Map.
The event is currently comprised of three panels: Sports Finance, Athlete Licensing Rights, and NCAA Compliance. There will be three speakers on each panel and each speaker will touch on an area of law or career path that relates to the sports industry.
The event will include some of the brightest minds in sports, including: California State Senator Alex Padilla (who drafted Senate Bill 292, which mandates that Farmer’s Field have a zero net carbon impact and streamlines the judicial process with respect to challenges to the environmental impact report), Daniel Grigsby (partner at Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell), Debbie Spander (principal in A-Game, a sports management and media agency), Mark Lee (partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips), Marc Isenberg (sports business consultant, entrepreneur, and author of Money Players) Josh Luchs (former NFL agent who made headlines, and the cover of Sports Illustrated, after he admitted to paying college athletes for the opportunity to represent them), and Rand Getlin (writer-reporter for Yahoo! Sports).
Cost: Free (includes lunch). Register here.
