WHEN
Friday October 30, 2026
TIME
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
LOCATION
DeCotiis Moot Court Room (First Floor)
Seton Hall University Law School
1 Newark Center, 1109 Raymond Boulevard
Newark, NJ 07102
Each of the four panels focuses on the legal, ethical, and business issues that are
shaping the future of and driving change in both Sports & the Law
WHY ATTEND
For attorneys, law students, sports business students, concerned business leaders,
athletes and families of athletes seeking an exceptionally in-depth discussion of
the biggest issues and areas that are transformational in sports and the law
CLE CREDIT
Approved for 4.5 New Jersey CLE credits (2.5 general + 1 ethics + 1 DEI) and 4 Pennsylvania
CLE credits (2 substantive + 2 ethics).
FORMAT
Live attendance and online attendance available.
COST TO ATTEND
Complementary for Seton Hall Faculty and Students. Seton Hall Law Alumni $50, All
others $100 for CLE
Seton Hall Faculty and Students: Free, use code SETONHALL26 to redeem
Panel I: Unprecedented
The Exceptional Growth of and Opportunities Created by
Women's Professional Sports presented by Culture in Sports
Women's professional sports are experiencing an unprecedented, historic boom, shattering records across viewership, stadium attendance, franchise valuations, and corporate sponsorships. Once treated by major investors as secondary or subsidized markets, women’s sports leagues are proving to be standalone commercial powerhouses driven by massive fan engagement. This panel will explore the legal environment around these emergent professional sports and the opportunities for investors, female athletes, women professionals and executives and the meaning of this surge.
Panel II: Bargaining in College Sports
How Lessons Learned Across 50 Years in Professional Sports Can Shape a Bargained &
Stable Future in College Sports
Each of the major professional sports has gone through a period of labor unrest that has harmed its growth and ability to reach fans and embroiled it in a range of legal controversies. Whether the PCSA is past in the House of Representatives this year, it has become increasingly clear that the advent of NIL and the professionalization of collegiate sports needs some enforceable and consensus-based rules and the pathway to reaching those rules is ever more clearly through some form of bargaining with athletes. This panel explores the legal hurdles and how bargaining may be achieved.
Panel III: The Professors on Ethics
A 2026 Look at the Ethical Issues in Sports
Whether sports follows society, or society takes its cues from sports is an open question but 2026 was a fractious year by every measure in both Sports and Society with conflicts boiling over and flouting of rules and court orders. How can and how do lawyers in these fields manage the complexities of modern practice where transactions often end up in litigation and still adhere to the model rules. Current (ripped from the headlines) context where these topics will be explored include conflicts of interest in NIL and transfer portal transactions; what zealous defense of an institutional client yet maintaining deference to court orders and injunctions; challenges with competing clients and limited opportunities; and best practices for an ethical practitioner in a space that is volatile, dynamic and has been described as “the wild, wild west”- meaning without any rules.
Panel IV: Fixing College Athletics
Governance, Employment, and Contract Law
This panel will discuss competing fixes for governance authority, athlete compensation, and contract enforcement – and the antitrust, wage-and-hour, and contract-law exposure each one creates, it is a counterpoint to the earlier panel that explores bargaining as a solution.
Please contact Abdalrhman Saed at (201) 626-0297 or [email protected], or contact Robert Boland at [email protected].
All times are listed in Eastern Time.
9-9:50 a.m.
Breakfast
9:55 a.m.
Welcome & Introduction
10-11 a.m.
Panel I: Unprecedented
The Exceptional Growth of and Opportunities Created by Women's Professional Sports
presented by Culture in Sports
11-noon
Panel II: Bargaining in College Sports
How Lessons Learned Across 50 Years in Professional Sports Can Shape a Bargained &
Stable Future in College Sports
noon-1 p.m.
Lunch and Networking (Available Sponsorship Opportunity)
1-2 p.m.
Panel III: The Professors on Ethics
A 2026 Look at the Ethical Issues in Sports
2-2:15 p.m.
Afternoon Break
2:15-3:15 p.m.
Panel IV: Fixing College Athletics
Governance, Employment, and Contract Law
