Does Tony LaRussa’s Legal Training Make Him a Better Manager?

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When I was in law school and unsure of my career direction, I remember being told that “you can do anything with a law degree.”  Tony LaRussa, lawyer and manager of the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, provides a good example. Michael McCann of the Sports Law Blog has a very interesting post on [...]

New York Law School to Host Sports Law Symposium

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The New York Law School Institute for Information Law and Policy and the New York Law School Sports Law Society is holding its Third Annual Sports Law Symposium on Friday, November 4, 2011, from 12:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, New York.   The symposium will feature the [...]

National Sports Law Institute Conference to be held October 21

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The National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School will host its annual conference “Hot Topics in Sports Law and Business” on Friday, October 21, 2011 at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conference will feature panels discussing hot topics in collegiate, professional, and Olympic sports, and a discussion of current issues [...]

Dan Fitzgerald Interviewed for The Legal Blitz

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I was recently interviewed by Ben McKenna of The Legal Blitz, a sports law blog published by Ben McKenna and Steve Silver, students at Temple Law School.  The interview covered a wide range of topics, from how I became involved in sports law to issues in high school and college sports, including concussions and the use [...]

Friday Sports Briefs

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Sports Business Panel to be Held in Stamford M.O.D. Success, a networking group for young professionals in Stamford, Conn., is holding a sports business panel on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 from 7-9 p.m. at Butterfield 8 (112 Bedford Street).  Panelists include: Dany Berghoff (VP, of Business Development at 21 Sports & Entertainment Marketing Group, Inc.) Brian Smith [...]

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