What: Symposium: A Lawyer’s Life in the Sports World:  Representing the Client, Athlete, and Institution

Where: University of Kansas School of Law, Green Hall Room 104, 1535 W. 15th St.  Lawrence, KS 66045

When: Thursday, April 9, 2009 – 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Schedule:

• 1:00 – 1:05:  Introduction, Brian Martinek, 2L, Vice President KU Sports & Entertainment Law Society
• 1:05 – 2:15:  Panel One – The Bases are Loaded with Lawyers
  • Collective Bargaining:  Strikes, Lockouts, and the Hundred Year War Between Players and Owners
    • Steve Fehr, Outside Counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association
  • The Lawyer as Agent:  Representing the Superstar, the Role Player, and the Draft Pick
    • Randy Hendricks, Managing Partner, Hendricks Sports Management LLP
  • Maximizing the Players’ Right of Publicity
    • Judy Heeter, Major League Baseball Players Association Director of Business Affairs and Licensing
• 2:15 – 2:20:  Break
• 2:20 – 3:30:  Panel Two – The Program:  An Inside and Outside Look at College Athletic Departments
  • The Athletic Department:  Compliance and Investigation of Infractions
    • Chris Howard, Associate Athletics Director, University of Kansas
  • Representing the University:  When the Lawyers Get Involved
    • Steve Morgan, Bond, Shoeneck & King, PLLC
• 3:30 – 3:35:  Break
• 3:35 – 4:15:  Panel Three – So You Want to be Jerry Maguire?
  • Representing Professional Athletes:  Stories from the Front Lines
    • Kevin Regan, Founder and President, Regan Law Firm, LLC
• 4:15 – 5:00:  Reception

*There will be a Q & A near the end of every panel.

Cost: Free

Any questions please contact Brian Martinek at brian.martinek@gmail.com.