
The Evolution of Sports Law and Business From the 20th to the 21st CenturyOn Friday, October 23, 2009, the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School will host a conference titled The Evolution of Sports Law and Business From the 20th to the 21st Century at the Alumni Memorial Union, on the Marquette University campus in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Panelists will discuss significant legal and business developments in the sports industry from the founding of the NSLI in 1989 to the present, with a look ahead to the future and our 25th anniversary. The conference will include panels on Olympic/international, professional, college, and high school sports as well as a "catch-all" panel that will focus on common legal issues affecting different levels of sports competition (e.g., tort, Title IX).
DATE: October 23, 2009
LOCATION:
- Alumni Memorial Union, Marquette University, 1442 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Please click here for further information on conference site.
SCHEDULE:
- Conference Registration: 8 - 9 am
- Conference Lunch: 12 - 1:15 pm
- Conference Panels: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
- Conference Reception: 5:30 - 7 pm
CONFERENCE PANELS & PARTICIPANTS: High School Sports Moderator:
- Matt Parlow, Associate Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI
Panelists:
- John S. Black, General Counsel, National Federation of State High School Associations, Indianapolis, IN
- Doug Chickering, WIAA Director Emeritus, Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, Stevens Point, WI
- Janis K. Doleschal, Retired Commissioner for Sports and Athletics, Milwaukee Public Schools, and Sports Law Consultant, Law Offices of Jacques Mann & Start Playing Safe, Milwaukee, WI
Gender Equity, Torts and Sports Officiating Law Moderator: - William Miller (L'96), Assistant Professor, Health, Exercise Science & Sport Management, University of Wisconsin - Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Panelists:
- Paul Anderson (L'95), Associate Director, National Sports Law Institute and Adjunct Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI
- Timothy Davis, John W. & Ruth H. Turnage Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC
- Barry Mano, President, National Association of Sports Officials, Racine, WI
College Sports Moderator:
- Steve Cottingham, Director of Athletics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Panelists:
- Elsa Kircher Cole, Vice President of Legal Affairs/General Counsel, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, IN
- Shawn Eichorst (L'95), Executive Associate Athletic Director, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- C. Peter Goplerud, Dean and Professor of Law, Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, FL
- Kathryn Statz (L'00), Associate Athletic Director, Varsity Sports, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Professional Sports Part One: Moderator: - Casey Coffman, Chief Operating Officer, Hicks Sports Group LLC, and Executive Vice President, Hicks Holdings LLC, Dallas, TX
Panelists:
- Mary K. Braza, Partner, Chair, Sports Industry Team, and Member, Management Committee, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI
- Jim McKeown, Partner, Chair, Antitrust Practice Group, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI
- Phoebe Williams (L'81), Associate Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI
Part Two: Moderator:
- Matthew Mitten, Professor of Law and Director, National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI, and Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Martin J. Greenberg (L'71), Managing Partner, Greenberg & Hoeschen, LLC, Chair of the Board, Wisconsin Sports Foundation, and Member, Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, Milwaukee, WI
- J. Gordon Hylton, Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI, and Visiting Professor of Law, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Irwin P. Raij, Partner, Regulatory Industries Department, Member, Public Affairs and Real Estate Practices, and Vice Chair, Sports Industry Team, Foley & Lardner, Washington, D.C.
Olympic/International Sports Moderator: - John P. Collins, Partner, Collins & Collins, Chicago, IL
Panelists:
- Gary Johansen, Associate General Counsel, NGB and Athlete Affairs, United States Olympic Committee, Colorado Springs, CO
- Richard McLaren, Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Counsel to McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP, and Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland
- James Nafziger, Visiting Boden Professor, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Thomas B. Stoel Professor of Law and Director, International Law Programs, Willamette University College of Law, Salem, OR
- Michael Straubel (L'82), Associate Professor of Law and Director, Sports Law Clinic, Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, IN
Continuing Legal Education Credits.The NSLI will apply for CLE credit to any state for which a conference or seminar attendee seeks credit. However, individual attorneys must pay the fees associated with any applications. 
Official Conference Hotel. The National Sports Law Institute has reserved a room block at the Courtyard Marriott, 300 W. Michigan Street in downtown Milwaukee at a low conference rate of $99.00. In order to make your reservation at the Courtyard simply click here. If you would like to make a reservation by phone simply call 414-291-4122 and ask for the room block for the FALL LAW CONFERENCE.If you need information on other hotels in the area please check the Marquette University website.
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