Seton Hall Law School Sports Law Symposium

Sports Law Symposium

Seton Hall Law 6th Annual Sports Law Symposium: The Rules of the Game

Presented by the Seton Hall Law School Gaming, Hospitality, Entertainment & Sports (GHamES) Initiative and the Entertainment & Sports Law Society

WHEN
Seton Hall University will hold its Sixth Annual Sports Law Symposium on Friday, October 24, 2025, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

WHERE
Seton Hall University School of Law, One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102 in the 1st Floor DeCotiis Law Moot Courtroom. Registration is required.

CLE CREDIT

CLE Credits pending

TARGET AUDIENCE
Seton Hall Law Students interested in Sports and Entertainment Law, Law Students at other law schools, Sports Lawyers, Attorneys, Faculty, Judges, those interested in complex contracts, antitrust law and those interested in ethics and diversity and elimination of bias

COST TO ATTEND
Non-Seton Hall Attendees: $99.00

Seton Hall Faculty and Students: Free

DESCRIPTION

Ethics and the Rules of the Game. Ethical Systems from Sports, their Philosophical Roots and How the Implicate on the Practice of Law (1 ethics NJ CLE credit)

This panel discussion explores the legal, philosophical, and moral antecedents that make up the rules of any game, or moral or philosophical system. It builds off Professor Coenen’s highly innovative course on the Rules of the Game which helps frame the origins of law and its code of Professional Responsibility through an understanding of the origins of well-known rules found and known sports. It will examine the incentives for performing honorably, with integrity, and where certain situations may offer incentives for skirting the moral and ethical high ground and how these situations are dealt with ethically, and in the model rules of law practice and the professional obligations of the attorney to the client, the court, the public, and other lawyers.

Inside the Leagues and their Legal and Business Practices- An Insider’s Prospective (1 general NJ CLE credit)

This panel explores the complex legal and business organisms that are our modern professional leagues, panelists include current and former commissioners, league CEOs and Senior Vice Presidents for Business and Legal Affairs to analyze the legal challenges facing current professional leagues.

Women’s Sports and Title IX: Right Now!

Perhaps no other area of sports has received more attention, more discussion, or even investment than women’s sports in the last several years. Women’s professional league values are through the roof but the transformational 1972 law Title IX that has fueled so much success for America’s female athletes is seemingly also under some transition. This panel that includes extraordinary pioneers, noted attorneys, and policy experts will examine both the history and present state of women’s sports and explore how pathways for opportunity expand opportunities in other areas including the elimination of bias and better representation. (This panel is intended for 1 credit of diversity and elimination of bias credit)

Navigating the Present Crisis in College Athletics for Lawyers in the Field

The ever shifting legal environment in and around college athletics poses challenges not just to the institutions by to the lawyers who work in this space. This panel which features several notable attorneys whose work has and is shaping the field to discuss the range of challenges whether antitrust, contractual, and practical facing the future of college sports.

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If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Matilda McDougall at 973-642-8721 or [email protected]

CLE MATERIALS AVAILABLE HERE

Agenda. All times are listed in Eastern Time.