Legal & Ethical Issues in Sports & Entertainment Law

On Friday, June 25, 2021, the National Sports Law Institute and Sports Law Alumni Association of Marquette University Law School presents its annual summer CLE program Legal & Ethical Issues in Sports & Entertainment Law.  This free online CLE seminar will feature sports and entertainment law experts discussing interesting current issues in the field, along with a panel focusing on current issues in collegiate athletics, and a focus on ethical issues impacting athlete agents.  Overall the Seminar will include the following presentations listed in the order of the current tentative schedule for the afternoon -

• 12 – 12:05 pm – Welcome & Instructions
  • Paul Anderson (L’95), Director & Professor, Sports Law Program and National Sports Law Institute, and Chair, Sports Law Alumni Association, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI

• 12:05 – 12:30 pm - Historical Year for NCAA Legislation:  NIL, Alston, and One-Time Transfer Exception for All Sports
  • Henry Benjamin Archuleta (L’11), Assistant AD for Compliance Services, Clemson University, and member, Sports Law Alumni Association, Clemson, SC  

• 12:35 – 1:50 pm – Current Legal & Ethical Issues in Collegiate Athletics
  • MODERATOR = Brent Moberg (L’04), Director of Compliance, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
  • PANELISTS = 
    • Henry Benjamin Archuleta (L’11), Assistant AD for Compliance Services, Clemson University, and member, Sports Law Alumni Association, Clemson, SC  
    • Jonathan Bateman (L’11), Assistant Director of Compliance, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and member, Sports Law Alumni Association, Lincoln, NE
    • Matt Mikrut, Director, Office of the Committees on Infractions, National Collegiate Athletic Association, member, National Sports Law Institute, Board of Advisors, and Adjunct Professor, Indiana University-Bloomington, Indianapolis, IN 
    • Kristina Minor (L'13), Associate AD for Compliance, Northwestern University, and member, Sports Law Alumni Association, Evanston, IL (L’13)
    • Justin Pollnow (L’08), Director of Athletics Compliance, Arizona State University, and member, Sports Law Alumni Association, Tempe, AZ 
    • Allison Rich, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator (SWA), Princeton University, and member, National Sports Law Institute, Board of Advisors, Princeton, NJ

• 1:55 - 2:45 pm - Copyrights and Estate Planning: What Every Estate Planner Should Know
  • Laura Lamansky, Associate Attorney, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, WI  

• 2:50 - 3:40 pm - First Amendment, Defamation, Fair Use and Privacy Challenges for the Documentary Filmmaker and Media Content Creator
  • Daniel E. Kattman (L’00), Shareholder, and Heidi Thole, Associate, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., Milwaukee, WI 

• 3:45 – 4:10 pm - Legal Landmines in Sponsorship Agreements in 2020
  • Sean Light (L’09), Corporate Counsel, Contracts, Guarantee Rate, and member, Sports Law Alumni Association,  Chicago, IL

• 4:15 – 5:05 pm - The Regulation of Athlete Agents: Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Paul Anderson (L’95), Director & Professor, Sports Law Program and National Sports Law Institute, and Chair, Sports Law Alumni Association, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI

• 5:05 - 5:10 pm - Closing Remarks