On Friday, November 6, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Brooklyn Entertainment and Sports Law Society will host its annual Sports Law Symposium at Brooklyn Law School’s Subotnick Center, located at 250 Joralemon Street, on the tenth floor. The symposium theme is “Game On: The Next Era of Sports Law,” and will feature three panels and a keynote conversation with Bruce Meyer, Executive Director of the MLB Players Association, led by Professor Jodi Balsam.
The first panel, co-sponsored by Brooklyn Law School’s Labor and Employment Law Association, is titled “College Athletes as Employees” and will be moderated by Brendan Duggan (BLS ’24), Sheppard Mullin Labor and Employment Practice Group. Panelists are Zach Alexander (BLS ’23), Winston & Taylor Sports Practice; Brandon Copeland, Executive Director of Athletes.org; Marc Edelman, Professor of Law, Baruch College Zicklin School of Business; and Payton Sorci, LIFT Sports Management. The panel will explore whether college athletes are merely students participating in university athletics, or whether they should instead receive the rights and protections afforded to employees.
The second panel, co-sponsored by Brooklyn Law Schools’s Intellectual Property Law Association, is titled “Prime Time: Sports Broadcasting & Media Rights” and will be moderated by Zachary Calo, Professor of Law at Touro Law School. Panelists are Meeka Bondy (BLS ’92), media/IP attorney formerly with HBO and Time Warner; Len Elmore, faculty at Columbia Sports Management program and former NBA player; Derek Heuzey (BLS ’09), General Counsel of the YES Network; and Ian Sigalow, Senior Counsel at Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (Nets, Liberty, Barclay’s Center). This panel will examine how changes in television, streaming, and digital media have reshaped the legal and commercial landscape of sports broadcasting and media rights.
Lastly, the third panel, co-sponsored by Brooklyn Law School’s Legal Association for Women, is titled “Capitalizing on Women’s Sports” and will be moderated by Rebecca Darin Goldberg, a senior associate at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader whose practice focuses on the sports, gaming, media, and entertainment industries. Panelists are Matt Carpenter-Dennis, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Kori Clanton, OneTeam Partners; Ronelle C. Porter, Loeb & Loeb; and Camil Sanchez-Palumbo, National Women’s Soccer League. This panel will focus on the rapid growth of women’s sports as a business and the legal issues surrounding investment, sponsorships, media rights, and athlete compensation.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive at 8:45 a.m. for CLE sign-in and a complimentary breakfast before the symposium begins. Lunch will also be provided. Those interested in attending are asked to please RSVP here.
Written by: Sam Woods
Sam is a 2027 J.D. Candidate at Brooklyn Law School.
