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SRLA Publishes Safe at First, a Detailed Risk Management Guide for the Academic Community and Industry Professionals

The Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA), whose mission is to further the study and dissemination of information regarding legal aspects of sport and recreation, announced today that it has published Safe at First, making it available through its distribution partner, Hackney Publications, at https://pubs.hackneypublications.com/SRLA/subscribe.html “This is the most detailed risk management guide ever written…
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Savoy Magazine Names Sports Lawyer Will Stute as One of the Most Influential Lawyers in 2024

Savoy Magazine named Orrick partner Will Stute among the Most Influential Lawyers in 2024 in recognition of their exceptional professionalism, protection of legal rights and community service. Stute is a first-chair trial lawyer and business advisor who is nationally recognized for wins in courtrooms across the United States. Stute’s recent record includes three back-to-back wins for the NCAA…
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Hackney Publications Publishes Fourth Annual ‘100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About’

Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the fourth annual “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in the sports industry who need experienced and capable legal counsel. The law firms are listed alphabetically, a testament to the difficulty in…
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Study: Parents, Wealth, Race Drive Girls’ Chances to Play Sports

The likelihood that a girl will participate in high school sports in the United States is driven not so much by individual choice, new research suggests. Instead, decisions made by parents, the wealth of one’s family and community, and racial dynamics matter. By combining interviews with elite college athletes and analysis of data on over…
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Get in The Game Sports Business Career Conference Focused on Students of Color Sets Date for Second Year

Now in its second year, the Get in the Game Sports business career conference, which was created to educate students of color about the sports business industry and its many career pathways, is returning to Baltimore November 8th – 10th, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore, MD. Get In the Game (GITG) is led by…
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‘State of HBCU Athletics’ Session with HBCU Conference Commissioners to be Held at Get In The Game Sports Business Career Event

The Get In The Game Sports Business Career Conference, hosted by SBRnet and First and Pen, is excited to announce its featured session, “The State of HBCU Athletics,” led by the HBCU conference commissioners from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC). “We are thrilled…
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Latest Issue of Sports Litigation Alert Touches on FTX, NIL, Coaching Contracts, Harvard Lawsuit and Many, Many Other Current Developments in Sports Law

Hackney Publications announced today that it was making its latest issue of Sports Litigation Alert, published on February 24, 2023, the new sample issue on the site, a reflection of the issue’s “strength,” according to Editor and Publisher Holt Hackney. “We pride ourselves on providing provocative insight and thought leadership on the sports law issues…
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Hackney Publications Introduces Tools that Make Sports Litigation Alert a Powerful Resource in the Sports Law Classroom

hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced new tools are being added to Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been used in sports law classrooms for more than 15 years, which will make it even more useful for professors and their college students. “There’s a challenge in sports law classes…
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Court Grants Summary Judgment in White Football Coach’s Title VII Case

(The following is shared from the pages of Sports Litigation Alert. The Alert publishes every two weeks, featuring approximately 15 case summaries, articles and news briefs.) By Rachel Silverman, M.A. Plaintiff Alan Rodemaker began his career at Valdosta High School in 2010 as an assistant football coach and gym teacher. In 2016, he became the…
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Court Grants Summary Judgment in White Football Coach’s Title VII Case

(Editor’s Note: What follows is a short excerpt from a recent piece written by Rachel Silverman for Sports Litigation Alert. It was one of approximately ten articles and five case summaries that appear in each issue of the Alert.) By Rachel Silverman, M.A. Plaintiff Alan Rodemaker began his career at Valdosta High School in 2010…
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