Concussion Keynote Speaker: DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, NFL Players Association

Steroid Keynote Speaker: Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN Investigative Reporter, Author of Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports

Labor Keynote and Luncheon Speaker: William B. Gould, IV, Professor of Law Emeritus at Stanford Law School, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, and author of the forthcoming book, Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil

Images Keynote Speaker: Sonny Vaccaro, Director of Vaccaro Sports Partnerships and Former Director of Basketball Programs at Nike, Adidas and Reebok

Reception Speaker: William Neukom, Managing Partner, World Series Champion San Francisco Giants

Honored Special Guest: Jim Brown, Hall of Fame Football Great

ALSO SPEAKING:
Santa Clara University Athletic Director, Dan Coonan; CEO of BDA Sports Management, Bill Duffy; University of San Francisco Sports Management Professor, Dan Rascher; Retired NFL players Ben Lynch and Shawn Stuckey; Former WCC Commissioner, Mike Gilleran; General Counsel of San Jose Sharks, Don Gralnek; Co-Director of the Duke Law School Center for Sports Law and Policy, Paul Haagen; Sports Economist Andy Schwarz of OSKR; Professors Kevin Greene, Lateef Mtima and Tyler Ochoa; and practitioners actively involved with ongoing and recent litigation.

 

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM

Because sports generate billions of dollars, the law has come to apply more and more to that industry.  This Symposium will look at four issues – concussions, steroids, labor strife, and the use of players’ images - where law and sports intersect in a way that has garnered national attention. Panels of experts consisting of those most closely involved with these issues--athletes, lawyers, journalists, owners, officers of sanctioning organizations, physicians--will present the state of the art to an audience that will be limited to 200 attendees.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Attendance will be worthwhile for all those affiliated with sports: coaches, administrators, officials, athletes, lawyers, physicians, journalists, agents and executives from teams, leagues and sanctioning organizations. These issues have ramifications across the board.

 

TUITION
Early registration: tuition received before July 21, 2011 will be $125, all-inclusive. Tuition received after that date will be $175, all-inclusive. Registration deadline is August 25, 2011. Students registered in an institution of higher education who register for this symposium will be admitted free of charge.

 

CLE CREDITS
This program qualifies for 5.5 hours of California CLE credits, 1.5 hours of which will qualify for ethics credit. Upon request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits.

 

SUBSTITUTION AND CANCELLATION
You may substitute another person at any time before the Symposium. We will refund tuition, less a $25 cancellation fee, if you cancel by noon on September 2, 2011.

 

 

Gold Sponsor: Silver Sponsors: Law Seminars International; Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP; Hausfeld LLP; Zelle Hofman Voelbel & Mason LLP

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