What: 5th Annual New York Law School Sports Law Symposium
When: Friday, February 21, 2014
Where: NY Law School
Panelists
Joel Araujo, Manager/International Talent Development at Major League Baseball;
Jodi Balsam, Associate Professor at NYLS; Former Counsel for Operations and Litigation at the NFL;
Jason Belzer, President, Global Athlete Management Enterprises, Inc.;
Mark Conrad ’81, Director of the Sports Business Specialization, Associate Professor and Acting Area Chair at Fordham University Gabelli School of Business;
Dolores DiBella, Associate Counsel at the National Football League;
David Fish ’96, Adjunct Professor at NYLS; MMA Agent;
Benjamin Haynes, Partner at Haynes and Associates; Director of Development at Collegiate Sports Advisors;
Darren Heitner, Founder of the Sports Agent Blog; Partner at Wolfe Law; Contributor at Forbes Magazine;
Dan Mullin ’92, Senior Vice President of Investigation at Major League Baseball;
Ari Nissim, Former Counsel for the New York Jets
Ankan Patel ’06, Vice President and Senior Counsel, Marketing and Sponsorship at Mastercard
Maurice Pianko, Founder of Intern Justice
Sam Porter ’09, Director of Basketball Operations at Exclusive Sports Group;
T.J. Quinn, Investigative Reporter at ESPN
Robert Raiola, CPA; Sports & Entertainment Group Manager at O’Connor Davies LLP
Brian Socolow, Partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP
David Soskin ’08, Associate Principal Counsel at ESPN, Inc.;
Graham Spanier, President Emeritus at Penn State University;
Ben Sturner, President and CEO of Leverage Agency;
Lynnore Thames ’04, Associate Director of ABC News Rights and Clearances & Permissions
Peter White, Partner at DLA Piper
Schedule
9:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:45 Breaking Into The Sports Law Industry Q&A
11:00 – 11:05 Opening Remarks
11:05 – 12:00 Doping In The Olympics
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 Breakout Panels
- State of the NCAA
- Negotiating Tactics in Sports Law
- MLB International Draft
2:45 – 3:45 Endorsements & Social Media
4:00 – 5:00 Keynote Speaker – Sports Agent Blog’s own Darren Heitner
5:00 Networking Reception
For more information on registration, visit here.