The Center hosts symposia and speaking events each year. All events are free and open to the public.
April 2022
So You Want a Job in Sports Law?
Speakers included Brandon Etheridge, general counsel for the Baltimore Ravens, and
Sophie Gage, J.D. ’15, senior business counsel, NFL Players Association
April 2018
The Future of Sports: Where Will We Be in 10 Years?
Speakers included Nick Hawkins of Under Armour and Jason La Confara of CBS Sports
April 2017
Speakers included Nathan Wood of University of Michigan and Michael Mattia of Johns
Hopkins University.
April 2016
Speakers included Mariel Rakijas of Eastern Michigan University and Paul Kelly of
Jackson Lewis
February 2015
Speakers included Tom Condon, CAA, and Tony Agnone, Eastern Athletic Sports
February 2014
Speakers included Brad Shear, CEO of Digital Armour, and Brian Warcup, Rutgers University
February 2012
College Sports, Inc.: Legal and Ethical Issues, A Sports Law Symposium
Keynote Speaker, Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian
February 2011
Management Issues in Professional Sports
October 2010
The Death of Amateurism: Implications for Sport and Health
Keynote Speaker, Dr. James R. Andrews, founder, Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic
Center, and founder, American Sports Medicine Institute
April 2010
Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for Sport and Health
February 2010
Professional Sports Symposium
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Ann McKee, Boston University School of Medicine
October 2009
Amateur Sports Symposium
February 2009
Professional Sports Symposium - From Rookie to Retirement: The NFL Universe in the
New Economy