Berkeley Journal of Entertainment & Sports

BJESL and the Berkeley Law Alumni Center have put together an outstanding list of topics and panelists for the 2nd Annual Berkeley Law Sports and Law Conference on Friday, April 15th at the beautiful University Club in California Memorial Stadium! Speakers will include industry-leading names such as Golden State Warriors General Manager Bob Myers, MLS President and Deputy Commissioner Mark Abbott, IMG/WME Senior Vice President of Litigation Riche McKnight, Cal Football Head C...oach Sonny Dykes, as well as various other counsel from the LA Lakers, San Jose Sharks, SF 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, and Pac-12. The Conference will also include lunch, drinks, and a VIP reception afterwards. 7.5 MCLE credits will also be offered. We would be delighted if you could make it. Please feel free to pass this invitation along to your classmates, colleagues, and friends! Conference registration and information is available here: www.boalthallsportsandlawconference.com & in the attached flyer. Registration is filling up quickly, so please register soon!

Great event this Thursday night put on by our amazing Berkeley undergrads. The Business Careers in Entertainment Club is putting on an awesome event this Thursday night in the Haas Club Room. A lot of industry-leading speakers from organizations such as the Giants, ESPN, 49ers, IMG, and many many more. Congrats on such a successful event. Go Bears!

BJESL and the Berkeley Law Alumni Center have put together an outstanding list of topics and panelists for the 2nd Annual Berkeley Law Sports and Law Conference on Friday, April 15th at the beautiful University Club in California Memorial Stadium! Speakers will include industry-leading names such as Golden State Warriors General Manager Bob Myers, MLS President and Deputy Commissioner Mark Abbott, IMG/WME Senior Vice President of Litigation Riche McKnight, Cal Football Head C...oach Sonny Dykes, as well as various other counsel from the LA Lakers, San Jose Sharks, SF 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, and Pac-12. The Conference will also include lunch, drinks, and a VIP reception afterwards. 7.5 MCLE credits will also be offered. We would be delighted if you could make it. Please feel free to pass this invitation along to your classmates, colleagues, and friends! Conference registration and information is available here: www.boalthallsportsandlawconference.com & in the attached flyer. Registration is filling up quickly, so please register soon!

The NCAA tournament begins March 15th and BJESL is putting on the biggest Boalt Hall March Madness pool ever. Buy in: $10 Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.... While the NCAA has not released seeding yet, you can already sign up a bracket! Sign up and fill out a bracket on ESPN here (password: boalt): http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-brac//group Then, put your name and bracket name on the following Google Sheet: https://docs.google.com//1aAs5NmFWCbH3wlB9UPT6e4SVxK/edit Your bracket will not count unless you submit your payment via venmo to BJESL MEMBER (@BJESL) or give cash or check to Brandon Jackson, Sam Watson, Erin Jennings, or Felipe Saltz by 11:59 PM PST March 14th. BJESL has also reserved the basement of Pappy's, site of the infamous Beer Olympics, for Boalties to watch the final game of the tournament on the evening of Monday, April 4th. Food and libations will be provided, and we will crown the winner of our pool at the end of the game! Feel free to invite friends and family, not just Boalties! GOOD LUCK!

Great event this Thursday night put on by our amazing Berkeley undergrads. The Business Careers in Entertainment Club is putting on an awesome event this Thursday night in the Haas Club Room. A lot of industry-leading speakers from organizations such as the Giants, ESPN, 49ers, IMG, and many many more. Congrats on such a successful event. Go Bears!

Don't forget to register for the Berkeley Law Sports & Law Conference on April 15th! Spots are filling up fast and you do not want to miss this event. Students are free and MCLE credit is offered! We hope to see you all there! Visit the Conference website to register: http://www.boalthallsportsandlawconference.com/new-page/

We are ecstatic to announce the 2nd Annual Berkeley Law Sports & Law Conference presented by BJESL! We are all set for April 15th in the beautiful University Club of California Memorial Stadium. The roster is stacked with so many industry-leading speakers such as Golden State Warriors General Manager Bob Myers, MLS President and Deputy Commissioner Mark Abbott, MLBPA General Counsel Dave Prouty, IMG Director of Litigation Riche McKnight, Cal Football Head Coach Sonny Dykes, a...s well as various other counsel from the LA Lakers, San Jose Sharks, Oakland Raiders, SF 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, and Pac-12. The topics will cover all the most prominent legal issues in sports like television rights, sponsorships, stadiums, players' rights, negotiating contracts, and many more! More details and updates to come! Check out the Conference website for more info: http://www.boalthallsportsandlawconference.com/ We would love to see you there!

Peter Andrews has written an excellent piece on the looming antitrust issues facing the booming MLS! Check it out: http://bjesl.net/mls-antitrust.html

Our very own Jacob Canter has put together a great piece covering the legal issues surrounding NCAA athlete compensation: http://bjesl.net/ncaa-athletics.html

Andreas Staur makes sense of many legal implications involved in the world of streaming http://bjesl.net/streaming-in-the-modern-age-of-technology.

Is the Batmobile copyrightable? BJESL's Harshavardhan Ganesan has put together an excellent article discussing the topic. http://bjesl.net/i-am-vengeance-is-the-batmobile-copyrighta

Donald Trump? Neil Young? Music rights? Our very own Margherita Farina covers it all! Margherita (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/margherita-farina/89/b4a/959) has put together an awesome article on music rights involved in presidential campaigns. http://bjesl.net/presidential-candidates-rockin-in-the-free

Hey all! Just a quick heads up on a really fun event the Boalt Hall Soccer Club has organized. On October 20th, the LLMs and JDs will be playing each other in three separate soccer matches! For those not interested in playing, no worries, there will also be a variety of lawn games, drinks, and food on the sidelines. This event should be a fun and unique way to meet LLMs! All levels of skill are welcome to join and play. Below is a flyer with more details!

First blog post of the 2015-16 academic year! Our very own Sophie Pfaff put this splendid article together! http://bjesl.net//avela-inc-v-the-estate-of-marilyn-monroe