The Sports Lawyers Association (www.sportslaw.org), the leading organization of professionals dedicated to the practicing and teaching of sports law in the United States, will host its 41st annual conference at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD from May 14-16th.
The conference highlights include: 25 panels and breakout sessions featuring expert analysis and debate of top legal issues facing the sports industry, a presentation honoring the 2015 Philanthropy Initiative recipient and the announcement of the Law Student Writing Competition winners.
“The Sports Lawyers Association is looking forward to hosting our annual conference this year in Baltimore,” said Glenn Wong, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst and SLA President. “Now, more than ever, the sports industry confronts a wide range of interesting and complex legal issues. Our Conference Committee, led by chair Gabe Feldman and vice chairs Bobby Hacker and Jeff Benz, has done a fantastic job of assembling an outstanding group of accomplished sports law practitioners to discuss legal trends and interpret the major challenges of the day that impact the global sports business.”
Gary R. Roberts, Dean Emeritus & Gerald L. Bepko Professor of Law, Indiana University will host the first general session of the conference providing a lecture featuring an overview of the past year’s developments in domestic and international sports law. The presentation is typically one of the most widely anticipated of the conference.
Some highlighted panels include:
Protecting the Game: Legal Issues Facing Teams and Leagues When They Discipline Players and Owners (Moderator-Stephanie Vardavas, Founder & Principal, Irenic, LLC)
Tipping Point or Bump in the Road? What the Latest Legal Challenges Mean for the Future of College Athletics and the NCAA (Moderator-Naima Stevenson Starks, Assistant General Counsel, NCAA)
From Legal Policy to Practice: Diversity and the Changing Landscape of Sports (Moderator-Mori Taheripour, Managing Director, CWTK Global Advisors)
The Unique Legal Ethics of Sports Negotiations Examined Through Mock Negotiations of Real Sports Issues (Moderator-Robert A. DuPuy, Adjunct Professor, Cornell Law School)
Sports Gambling and Daily Fantasy Sports: Cardinal Sin or Wave of the Future? (Moderator-Ryan M. Rodenberg, Assistant Professor, Florida State University)
The Future of Television Sports: Pick a Platform (Moderator-Robert A. Hacker, Vice President Business and Legal Affairs, FOX Sports)
Hot Topics in International and Domestic Soccer: Transfer Issues, Contract Negotiations and More (Moderator-Jeffrey G. Benz, Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, BenzADR/Benz Law Group)
Register for the conference by visiting www.sportslaw.org
