| Conference Panels | Ethics Seminar | Conference Registration | Conference Sponsors | Conference Hotel | Other Hotel Recommendations | Conference Brochure On Thursday October 21 and Friday October 22, 2004 the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School will be hosting a conference on The Evolving Nature of High School, College and Olympic Sports in the 21st Century at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Four conference panels will discuss cutting edge issues in Amateur Athletics from drug testing in sports to amateurism and gender equity. After the conference is done all attendees will be invited to the the Master of the Game Award luncheon honoring Dr. Cedric Dempsey, former President of the NCAA. The award luncheon will be followed by a CLE Seminar on Ethical Issues in Sports & Entertainment Law co-sponsored by the National Sports Law Institute and the Sports & Entertainment Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
The Evolving Nature of High School, College and Olympic Sports in the 21st Century Hosted by the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 21, 2004Registration (8:00 - 9:00 am)Panel 1: Drug Testing in Sports (1 1/2 hour) (9:00 - 10:30 am)MODERATOR:- Professor Matt Mitten, Director, National Sports Law Institute, & Chair, National Collegiate Atheltic Association Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
PANELISTS: - Doug Chickering, Executive Director, Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, Stephens Point, Wisconsin
- Professor Richard McLaren, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, London, Ontario, Canada
- Travis Tygart, General Counsel, United States Antidoping Agency, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Panel 2: International and Olympic Sport Issues (10:40 am - 12:10 pm)MODERATOR- John Collins, Partner, Collins & Collins & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, Chicago, Illinois
PANELISTS - Jeff Benz, General Counsel, United States Olympic Committee & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Professor Richard McLaren, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, London, Ontario, Canada
- John Ruger, Athlete Ombudsman, United States Olympic Committee, Boulder, Colorado
- Professor Ken Shropshire, David W. Hauck Professor at the Wharton School, Chairman, Legal Studies Department, University of Pennsylvania & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Topic: How the Supreme Court's Landmark Decision in Brown v. Board of Education Has Impacted Sports Panel 3: Title IX and Gender Equity (2:00 -5:00 pm)MODERATOR- Clark Griffith, Attorney at Law, CCG, PA & Vice Chair, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, Minneapolis, Minnesota
PANELISTS - Walter Connolly, Jr., Partner, Member of the Litigation Department and the Labor & Employment Practice Group, Foley & Lardner, Detroit, Michigan
- Professor Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, Florida
- Professor Barbara Osborne, Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Kathryn Statz, Associate Athletic Director for Varsity Sports, Athletic Department, DePaul University & Member, Sports Law Alumni Association, Chicago, Illinois
- Dr. Ellen Staurowsky, Department of Sport Management and Media, Ithaca College, New York
Tour of Marquette University's Al McGuire Center (5:30 pm)
Conference Reception: Marquette University Law School, Eisenberg Memorial Hall (6:30 pm)FRIDAY OCTOBER 22, 2004Panel 4: Amateurism & Academics: Compatible or Conflicting Goals (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)MODERATOR- C. Peter Goplerud, Dean & Professor of Law, Florida Coastal School of Law, & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, Jacksonville, Florida
PANELISTS - Elsa Cole, General Counsel, National Collegiate Athletic Association & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Professor Timothy Davis, John W. & Ruth H. Turnage Professor of Law & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, Wake Forest University Law School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Shawn Eichorst, Senior Associate Athletic Director, University of South Carolina & Member, Sports Law Alumni Association, Columbia, South Carolina
- Martin Greenberg, Managing Director, College Town, LLC; Managing Member, Greenberg & Hoeschen, LLC & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors
- Mike Marcil, Commissioner, Sunshine State Conference & Member, Sports Law Alumni Association, Orlando, Florida
- James McKeown, Partner and Chair, Antitrust Practice Group Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
LUNCH: 2004 Master of the Game Award Presentation (12:00 - 1:30 pm) 2004 Master of the Game Award Winner: Dr. Cedric Dempsey, former President, National Collegiate Athletic Association
Ethical Issues in Sports & Entertainment LawA Seminar co-hosted by the National Sports Law Institute and the Sports & Entertainment Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin Friday October 22, 2004 (1:30 - 5:00 pm)MODERATORS - Peter Rofes, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
- Jeff Tanner, Attorney, Special Projects, Narada Productions, Inc.; Secretary, Sports & Entertainment Law Section; and Member, Sports Law Alumni Association
PANELISTS - Ken Abdo, Abdo Abdo Broady & Satorius, P.A; Chair, American Bar Association's Forum On the Entertainment and Sports Industries; & Adjunct Professor of Entertainment Law at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Matt Banker, Membership Services Coordinator, National Collegiate Athletic Association & Member, Sports Law Alumni Association, Indianapolis, Indiana
- John Collins, Partner, Collins & Collins & Member, National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors, Chicago, Illinois
- Charles I. Henderson, Attorney-at-Law, Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Secretary and General Counsel of the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, and Chairman of the Board, Pettit National Ice Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- William Miller, Executive Vice-President, The Leib Group, LLC; Member, Sports Law Alumni Association and its Liaison to the National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors; and Past-Chair, Sports & Entertainment Law Section, Mequon, Wisconsin
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