WHY PROFESSORS USE THIS RESOURCE IN SPORTS LAW CLASSES

Professors use Sports Litigation Alert in the classroom primarily to supplement textbooks with current, real-world case studies, fostering better in-class discussion and allowing students to apply legal concepts to up-to-date issues.

Key benefits for a professor include:

• Currency of Information: Textbooks can quickly become outdated in the fast-moving field of sports law. The bi-weekly Alert provides timely summaries of the latest state and federal cases and legislative developments, ensuring the course content is current and relevant.
• Enhanced Class Discussion: Access to recent and often news-related cases motivates students to read the material, leading to more engaged and productive discussions.
• Practical Application: Professors can use the case summaries and articles to help students see the practical application of legal concepts to real-world situations, bridging the gap between theory and practice.
• Flexible Assignment Tool: The publication can be integrated into various assignments, such as a starting point for semester-long research projects or the basis for in-class mock trials and oral arguments.
• Development of Key Skills: Using the Alert and its archives allows professors to design assignments that strengthen students’ ability to research case law, identify key legal issues, apply the law, and hone their legal reasoning, writing, and oral presentation skills.
• Comprehensive Resource: The extensive, searchable archive, which is included in the subscription, provides a wealth of historical and current cases, serving as a valuable resource for both the professor and students.
• Cost-Effective Option: When professors require their students to subscribe at a low student rate, the professor receives their own subscription for free.One professor summarized the value by noting the publication’s coverage of lower court cases in various jurisdictions:

  “Because it has so many of the lower court cases in both state and federal, it really helps students to see the way the judicial system works and the way different states and judicial circuits can look at issues,”

  Sports law Professors interested in exploring this resource can find more information about the program and the publication at https://sportslitigationalert.com/