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Yale Law School’s Entertainment and the Law Event

What: Yale Law School is hosting an Entertainment and the Law Event during its Alumni Weekend

When: October 19-20, 2012

Where: Yale Law School

On Saturday, October 20, Michael McCann will moderate a panel titled, “In the Legal Zone: Hot Topics in Sports Law.”  Panelists include Jimmy Golen ’99 M.S.L., Sports Writer, The Associated Press, Lawrence Lucchino ’71, President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Craig A. Masback ’92, Senior Sports Marketing Director, Greater China, Japan & Global Business Affairs, Nike; and former CEO, USA Track & Field (1997-2008), and Charles S. Mechem, Jr. ’55, Commissioner Emeritus, Ladies Professional Golf Association; and Chairman and CEO, Taft Broadcasting Company.  Register here for the event.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

12:00 – 7:30 PM – Registration – Room 122

The inaugural Gruber Distinguished Lecture on Women’s Rights begins with a panel exploring Equality’s Frontiers followed by a Conversation between Justice Ginsburg and Linda Greenhouse ’78 M.S.L.

1:30 – 3:30 PM – “Equality’s Frontiers”  – Room 127

Panelists:

  • Cary Franklin ’05, Assistant Professor, University of Texas School of Law
  • Melissa Murray ’02, Professor of Law, Berkeley Law
  • Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Ian Shapiro ’87, Professor (Adjunct) of Law, Yale Law School and Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University
  • Reva Siegel ’86, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Kenji Yoshino ’96, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law

4:00 – 5:30 PM – “A Conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg” – Auditorium

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
  • Linda Greenhouse ’78 M.S.L., Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School

5:30 – 6:30 PM – Gruber Distinguished Lecture Reception – Law School Dining Hall

6:30 – 10:00 PM – All Alumni Reception and Dinner – University Commons (Enter either on the corner of College and Grove Streets or from Beinecke Plaza off Wall Street)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

7:00 – 8:00 AM – Fun Run – Meet in front of the Law School at 127 Wall Street

Join Yale Law School’s Ian Ayres ’86, William K. Townsend Professor of Law, and Dan Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, and Professor of Psychology, for an early morning 5K run.

8:00 AM – 6:30 PM – Registration – Room 122

8:00 – 9:30 AM – Alumni-Student Breakfast Connections – Room 120

Be matched with current students so that you can chat about common areas of interest.
Alumni should go to www.law.alumni.yale/alumnibcsurvey2012 by Monday, October 1 to fill out a short survey.  You must complete the survey to participate.

8:00 – 10:30 AM – Continental Breakfast – Law School Dining Hall

Breakfast will be available in the Dining Hall for anyone who is not participating in the alumni-student matching breakfast in Room 120.

9:30 – 10:45 AM – Panel Discussions (two concurrent sessions)

PANEL I. Streaming and Beaming:  Entertainment Where and When You Want It

Moderator:  Bryan Choi, Thomson Reuters Fellow, and Director of the Law and Media Program, Information Society Project, Yale Law School

Panelists:

  • Emily Bazelon ’00, Journalist, Slate, and Senior Research Scholar, and Capote Fellow, Yale Law School
  • Richard Cotton ’69, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NBC Universal
  • Alfred C. Perry ’87, Vice President, Worldwide Content Protection & Outreach, Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Kenneth P. Stern ’88, Co-founder and President, Palisades Media Ventures, and former CEO, National Public Radio

PANEL II. Many Voices, Many Eyes: The Promises and Pitfalls of Social Networks

Moderator:  Margot E. Kaminski ’04, Research Scholar in Law, Executive Director of the Information Society Project, and Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School

Panelists:

  • Lori B. Andrews ’78, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law
  • James Grimmelmann ’05, Professor of Law, New York Law School
  • Beth Simone Noveck ’97, Visiting Professor, NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and MIT Media Lab, and Professor of Law, New York Law School
  • Madhavi Sunder, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM – Panel Discussions (two concurrent sessions)

PANEL III.  Yours, Mine and Ours: Ownership of Cultural Capital

Moderator: Susan M. Scafidi ’93, Professor & President, Fashion Law Institute, Fordham Law

Panelists:

  • Barton Beebe ’00, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
  • David Boies II ’66, Chairman, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
  • Kristelia A. Garcia ’03, Frank H. Marks Intellectual Property Fellow & Visiting Associate Professor, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
  • Marc Porter ’87, Chairman, Christie’s Americas and International Head, Christie’s Private Sales

PANEL IV.  In the Legal Zone: Hot Topics in Sports Law

Moderator: Michael McCann, Director, Sports Law Institute, and Professor of Law, Vermont Law School

Panelists:

  • Jimmy Golen ’99 M.S.L., Sports Writer, The Associated Press
  • Lawrence Lucchino ’71, President and CEO, Boston Red Sox
  • Craig A. Masback ’92, Senior Sports Marketing Director, Greater China, Japan & Global Business Affairs, Nike; and former CEO, USA Track & Field (1997-2008)
  • Charles S. Mechem, Jr. ’55, Commissioner Emeritus, Ladies Professional Golf Association; and Chairman and CEO, Taft Broadcasting Company

12:45 PM – All Alumni Luncheon – University Commons (Enter either on the corner of College and Grove Streets or from Beinecke Plaza off Wall Street)

Opening Remarks: 

  • John R. Firestone ’85, President, Yale Law School Association Executive Committee, and Partner,Pavia & Harcourt LLP
  • Robert C. Post ’77, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Presentation of the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit to: 

  • David Boies II ’66, Chairman, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
  • Presented by: Dean Robert C. Post ’77

Remembrances: 

  • The Honorable Louis H. Pollak ’48 (1922-2012), Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1978-2012); and dean, Yale Law School (1965-70) and University of Pennsylvania Law School (1975-78).
  • Nicholas deB. Katzenbach ’47 (1922-2012), Associate Professor, Yale Law School (1952-56); U.S. Attorney General (1965-66), and Senior Vice President and General Counsel, IBM (1968-86).

80th Birthday Celebration: 

  • The Honorable Guido Calabresi ’58, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law and dean (1985-94), Yale Law School

3:00-4:30 PM  – Yale Visual Law Project: Screening YLS Student Cutting-Edge Documentaries – Room 121

3:00-4:30 PM – Law Library’s Paskus-Danziger Rare Books Open House – The Rare Book Collection showcases recent acquisitions as well as works relating to entertainment law – Room L2

4:15 – 5:30 PM – “Countdown to Election 2012: A Last Minute Assessment” – Room 127

  • Heather Gerken, J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, Yale Law School

6:30 PM Receptions; 7:30 PM Dinners – Class Reunion Receptions and Dinners

 

By Darren Heitner

Darren Adam Heitner, Esq., is a preeminent sports attorney and the founder of Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., a Fort Lauderdale-based law firm specializing in sports law, contract negotiations, intellectual property, and arbitration. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2010 and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, magna cum laude, from the University of Florida in 2007, where he was named Valedictorian of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Admitted to practice in the state bars of Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia, as well as multiple federal courts, Darren also serves as a certified arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association.

As an adjunct professor, Darren imparts his expertise through teaching Sports Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) at the University of Miami School of Law in the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law LL.M. program. His scholarly contributions include authoring several books published by the American Bar Association, such as How to Play the Game: What Every Sports Attorney Needs to Know, and numerous articles in prominent publications like Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and Above the Law. His thought leadership in NIL has earned him recognition as one of the foremost experts by The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, and On3, and he has been lauded as a “power player in NIL deals” by Action Network and a “top sports trademark attorney” by Sportico.

Darren’s passion for sports law led him to establish Sports Agent Blog on December 31, 2005, initially titled “I Want To Be A Sports Agent.” The platform, created as a New Year’s resolution, has grown into a cornerstone of the sports agency community, offering in-depth analysis of industry trends, legal disputes, and agent-player dynamics. His commitment to the field is further evidenced by his representation of numerous athletes and sports agents, as well as his prior role as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington, where he developed and taught a course on Sport Agency Management from 2011 to 2014.

Darren’s contributions have been recognized with prestigious honors, including the University of Florida’s 40 Under 40 Award, the University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, and designation as the best lawyer in Fort Lauderdale by Fort Lauderdale Magazine. He remains an active voice in the sports law community, sharing insights through his weekly NIL newsletter and his X posts, engaging a broad audience on legal developments in sports.