2025 Brooklyn Law School Sports Law Symposium

Please join the Brooklyn Entertainment & Sports Law Society (BESLS) on Friday, October 24th for our fifth annual Sports Law Symposium. The symposium theme is “Athlete Inc.: Athlete as Entrepreneur" and will feature three panels and a keynote conversation.

8:45 AM CLE Sign-in and Complimentary Breakfast

9:00 AM Welcome and Introductory Remarks

The subsequent three panels will focus on the following topics:

9:30-10:30 AM

(1) Leveling the Playing Field: Empowering Women Athletes
Panelists:

• Michael Goldsholl, Director of Operations for Business and Legal Affairs, Women's National Basketball Players Association
• Tia Thevenin, Associate, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Former Canadian National Team Member
• Hillary Wyse, Associate Director, Wasserman Team Sports

Moderator: Ben Stockman, Partner - Labor and Employment, Venable Sports Law Group

10:45-11:45 AM

(2) Locker Room Talk: The Attorney Athlete Relationship
Panelists:

• Jim Ivler, Partner/Agent/Attorney, Sportstars, Inc.
• Jason Lampert, Partner, Salzano Ettinger & Lampert
• AJ Rudowitz, Senior Associate, Duane Morris - Sports Law
• Khalil Wilkes, Business and Legal Affairs Executive, WME Sports

Moderator: Brendan Duggan, Associate, Freeman Mathis & Gary

12:00-1:00 PM

(3) School Days: The Professionalization of the College Athlete
Panelists:

• Larry Fox, Agent/Attorney, Shark Sports
• Jeffrey Kessler, Counsel, Winston & Strawn
• Tim Nevius, Partner, Nevius Legal
• Tara Sakraida Parker, Founder & CEO, Prime 1 Sports

Moderator: Dan Lust, Sports & Entertainment Attorney, Morrit Hock & Hamroff

Following the three panels we will break for lunch, followed by a Keynote Conversation.

1:00-2:00 PM Complimentary Lunch

2:00-3:00 PM
Keynote Speaker:

• Stephanie Hightower, 4x USA Track & Field Champion and Former President of US Track and Field, in conversation with Professor Jodi Balsam.

This is a CLE Accredited Event

Transportation:
The symposium will take place in the Subotnick Center at Brooklyn Law School, 1 or 2 stops from Manhattan on the A/C/F/N/W/R/2/3/4/5 lines.

Admission Tickets:
All attendees are free.

Questions:
Please email [email protected]

Host or Publisher Brooklyn Law School