To acquaint you on the different possibilities of practice in the field of sports law.
Many lawyers and law students express interest in practicing sports law. Many have told me that they are attracted to the field because they are passionate sports fans and would find the work exciting and rewarding. But in my experience as a professor who has written about the subject, many do not know how broad this area of law can be.
For those of you who are interested in entering this field, there is good news - sports law is an amalgam of many areas of law and topics that many may not realize. This is the goal of this seminar - to learn about the "obvious" and "less than obvious" legal subjects that can shape practice in sports law. Corporate governance, risk management, taxes, torts, and contracts are just a few.Â
This one-hour presentation will focus on the United States, but will also discuss the laws of Canada, the UK, and Australia. Hopefully, it will expand the viewer's horizons into this fascinating and fast-changing area.
Professor and Author on Sports Business & Law
Mark Conrad directs the sports business concentration and is a professor of law and ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. In addition to teaching sports law and the business and ethics of sports, he also has taught courses covering contracts, business organizations, and media law. Professor Conrad’s books and articles have appeared in academic, legal, and general-circulation publications. The third edition of his book The Business of Sports — Off the Field, In the Office, On the News was published by Routledge in 2017. Prior editions have been cited in leading journals as among the most comprehensive texts on the subject. In addition to his full-time responsibilities at Fordham, Professor Conrad has lectured at leading sports business and law programs, including Columbia University’s sports management program and at St. John’s University’s LLM program in international sports practice. He has appeared on panels at Duke, Fordham, Cardozo, and the University of Virginia Law Schools. He was president of the Sport and Recreation Law Association from 2014 to 2015 and is serving as president of the Alliance for Sport Business from 2016 through 2018. He has been asked to advise international programs in sports and communications. Professor Conrad has been quoted in The New York Times, Boston Globe, and Chicago Tribune and has appeared on CNN and Bloomberg TV. He holds a B.A. from City College of New York and a J.D. from New York Law School. He also received an M.S. from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He resides in New York City.
