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Michael McCann

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Director of Sports Law Institute, Professor of Law

LLM, Harvard Law School, 2005;
JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2002;
BA, Georgetown University, 1998

Phone: 802-831-1207
Email: mmccann@vermontlaw.edu

Presentations

  • Panel Speaker at the 2011 AALS Annual Meeting Sports Law Section Panel in San Francisco, California, Jan. _, 2011 (invited to discuss impact of American Needle v. NFL decision on the future of professional sports)
  • Panel Speaker at DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar Panel on Licenses, Monopolies and the NFL in Chicago, Illinois, June 24, 2010 (discussing impact of American Needle v. NFL decision on federal antitrust law)
  • Panel Speaker at Boston Sports Law Panel hosted by Sullivan & Worcester, Apr. 28, 2010 (discussing legality of age limits at sports law panel titled "American Needle, Case in Point: Is the NFL a single entity?" and hosted by the Sports Lawyers Association and Sullivan & Worcester )
  • Panel Speaker at the University of North Carolina, Apr. 21, 2010 (discussing "One and Done: What is the Effect of the NBA's Age-Limit Rule on the College Game?" at 2010 Scholarly Conference on College Sport)
  • Moderator at Yale Law School, Apr. 13, 2010 (moderating panel on hot topics in sports law at event hosted by Yale Law School Sports and Entertainment Law Society)
  • Panel Speaker at New York Law School, Apr. 5, 2010 (discussing legality of age limits at sports law symposium hosted by the New York Law School's Sports and Entertainment Law Society)
  • Moderator at Vermont Law School, Apr. 2, 2010 (moderating panel on the legality of age limits in the NBA at symposium hosted by National Sports and Entertainment Law Society)
  • Featured Speaker at Mississippi College School of Law, Mar. 31, 2010 (discussing American Needle v. NFL and legality of Bowl Championship Series at event hosted by the law school's Sports and Entertainment Law Association)
  • Panel Speaker at Harvard Law School, Mar. 26, 2010 (discussing areas of conflict for new NBA collective bargaining agreement at symposium titled "Labor Uncertainty in Sports: Operating in the Shadow of Upcoming Collective Bargaining Negotiations")
  • Featured Speaker at McGill University Faculty of Law, Mar. 16, 2010 (discussing American Needle v. NFL and its impact on expansion of U.S. professional leagues into Canada and Europe at evening hosted by McGill Entertainment and Sport Law Association)
  • Featured Speaker at Suffolk University Law School, Mar. 8, 2010 (discussing American Needle v. NFL and its impact on U.S. professional sports at event hosted by the law school's Sports and Entertainment Law Society)
  • Panel Speaker at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mar. 6, 2010 (invited to discuss relationship between antitrust and sports at "MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference")
  • Panel Speaker at University of Florida Levin College of Law, Jan. 29, 2010 (invited to discuss American Needle v. NFL and its impact on professional sports at law school's annual sports law symposium)
  • Featured Speaker at Boston College Law School, Nov. 20, 2009 (invited to present to Boston College Law School faculty on recent antitrust and sports law scholarship at monthly colloquia series)
  • Guest Lecturer at Harvard Law School, Oct. 22, 2009 (invited to lecture on the legality of age eligibility rules in professional sports in Professor Peter Carfagna's Sports and the Law course)
  • Keynote Speaker at Mississippi College School of Law, Apr. 17, 2009 (discussing lessons from the steroids scandal in Major League Baseball for the practice of law at MC School of Law's annual alumni gala)
  • Panel Speaker at Vermont Law School, Apr. 3, 2009 (discussing team-player legal relationship on Solutions Conference' panel sponsored by VLS Sports and Entertainment Law Society)
  • Panel Speaker at New York Law School, Mar. 25, 2009 (discussing age limits in pro sports at NYLS Sports and Entertainment Law Society conference)
  • Panel Speaker at Florida State University College of Law, Mar. 21, 2009 (discussing implications of TV contracts on NCAA student-athlete mission at FSU Law Sports and Entertainment Law Society conference)
  • Featured Speaker at Suffolk University Law School, Mar. 17, 2009 (discussing Barry Bonds' trial at Suffolk Law School Sports and Entertainment Society forum)
  • Panel Speaker at Harvard Law School, Mar. 14, 2009 (discussing new economic markets in pro sports at Harvard Law School Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law's symposium titled "Resisting the Recession: Growth Opportunities for Sports in an Economic Downturn.")
  • Panel Speaker at Harvard Law School, Mar. 9, 2009 (offering legal insights at "The Free Market Mindset: History, Psychology, and Consequences" conference)
  • Panel Speaker at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mar. 9, 2009 (discussing legality of age limits at the "MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference")
  • Moderator at Yale Law School, Feb. 25, 2009 (moderating panel of prominent sports litigators and sharing insight as former counsel to Maurice Clarett at the "Yale Law School Sports Litigation Symposium.")
  • Panel Speaker at University of Florida Levin College of Law, Jan. 23, 2009 (discussing labor law issues in pro sports, including arbitration in contract negotiations and Barry Bonds' collusion case)
  • Moderator at the AALS Sports and the Law Section Meeting in San Diego, California, Jan. 5, 2009 (moderating panel on emerging nexus between sports law and immigration law)
  • Featured Speaker at Suffolk University School of Law, Nov. 19, 2008 (presented on recent sports law issues, including the Justice Department's investigations into Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds)
  • Panel Speaker at Villanova University School of Law, Oct. 25, 2008 (discussing legal issues related to stadiums at symposium on "The House that Taxpayers Built: Stadiums, Speech, and Public Funding.")
  • Guest Lecturer at Harvard Law School, Oct. 18, 2008 (lecturing on age eligibility rules in professional sports in Professor Peter Carfagna's Sports and the Law course)
  • Panel Speaker at the University of Memphis, Apr. 17, 2008 (discussing the connection between race, law, and college sports at College Sport Research Institute Conference)
  • Featured Speaker at Boston University Department of Broadcast Journalism, Mar. 20, 2008 (discussing experience covering sports law for Sports Illustrated)
  • Conference Speaker at Harvard Law School, Mar. 8, 2008 (discussing the connection between ideology, psychology, and law at Second Harvard Conference on Law and Mind Sciences)
  • Symposium Speaker at the University of Virginia School of Law, Mar. 7, 2008 (discussing morals clauses in sports contracts at Second Annual Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium)
  • Panel Speaker at Yale Law School, Mar. 4, 2008 (discussing legal implications of Major League Baseball steroids investigation on panel titled "The Mitchell Report & Beyond: Steroids and the Future of Baseball")
  • Conference Speaker at Florida State University College of Law, Feb. 23, 2008 (discussing topic of "Criminal and League Resolutions to Athletes on the Stand" at Sports Law Society Annual Conference)
  • Symposium Speaker at Loyola Law School Los Angeles, Jan. 25, 2008 (discussing "Situationist Torts" project with Jon Hanson at Law Review's Frontiers of Tort Law Symposium)
  • Panel Speaker at the AALS Minority Section Meeting in New York City, Jan. 6, 2008 (discussing topic of "E-racing the Color Line" on panel of experts related to race, law, and sports)
  • Moderator at the AALS Sports and the Law Section Meeting in New York City, Jan. 5, 2008 (moderating panel on intellectual property issues in sports)
  • Guest Lecturer at Harvard Law School, Oct. 18, 2007 (lecturing on age eligibility rules in professional sports in Professor Peter Carfagna's Sports and the Law course)
  • Guest Lecturer at Boston College Law School, Oct. 17, 2007 (lecturing on obesity and choice in Professor Kent Greenfield's Elements of the Law course)
  • Symposium Speaker at West Virginia University College of Law, Oct. 4, 2007 (discussing race, law, and sports, at symposium hosted by WVU College of Law School)
  • Colloquium Speaker at Marquette University Law School, Sept 27, 2007 (presenting on topic of "Connecting Social Psychology to Sports Law" at Sports Law Scholarship and Teaching Colloquium)
  • Panel Speaker at Harvard Law School, Apr. 18, 2007 (discussing topic of "The NBA's Regulation of Player Expression" on panel hosted by the Harvard Law School Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law)
  • Panel Speaker at the University of Memphis, Apr. 13, 2007 (discussing whether colleges deserve tax exemption for revenue generated by college sports on panel of sports law and sports business experts)
  • Conference Speaker at Florida State University College of Law, Mar. 31, 2007 (discussing antitrust and labor law issues in professional sports at the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Industry Conference)
  • Panel Speaker at Mississippi College School of Law, Feb. 21, 2007 (discussing race and the law issues in honor of Black History Month at panel sponsored by the Black Law Students' Association)
  • Panel Moderator at Mississippi College School of Law, Feb. 19, 2007 (moderating panel on sports litigation with Alan Milstein, counsel to Allen Iverson among other professional and amateur athletes)
  • Conference Speaker at Harvard Law School, Feb. 10, 2007 (discussing intersection between social psychology and torts at the Conference on Law and Mind Sciences)
  • Conference Speaker at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Feb. 10, 2007 (discussing experience as counsel to Maurice Clarett in Clarett v. NFL at TJSL annual sports and entertainment law conference)
  • Symposium Speaker at the University of Virginia School of Law, Feb. 2, 2007 (discussing law and psychology of age limits in pro sports at symposium hosted by the Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal)
  • Guest Lecturer at the University of Mississippi School of Law, Nov. 13, 2006 (lecturing on how labor and antitrust law intersect in sports law in Professor Paul Secunda's Labor Law course)
  • Colloquium Speaker at Marquette University Law School, Oct. 27, 2006 (presenting on topic if intellectual testing of NBA and NFL draft-eligible players at Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law Colloquium)
  • Presenter at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools New Scholars Speaker Series (Palm Beach, Florida), July 20, 2006 (discussing project on mind sciences and the law)
  • Symposium Speaker at DePaul University College of Law, Apr. 28, 2006 (discussing age limits in professional sports at symposium hosted by DePaul Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems)
  • Symposium Speaker at Willamette University College of Law, Mar. 17, 2006 (presenting at Symposium on Future of Sports Law hosted by Willamette Law Review)
  • Debater at Mississippi College School of Law, Feb. 16, 2006 (debating Professor Todd Zywicki in a Federalist Society Debate on subject of " Law and Nutritional Labeling")
  • Featured Speaker at Duke Law School, Feb. 2, 2006 (presenting article "Illegal Defense" and receiving critique from Duke Law Professors Paul Haagen and Barak Richman)
  • Symposium Speaker at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Jan. 27, 2006 (discussing NBA Dress Code and DNA testing of NBA Players at Symposium hosted by Journal of Labor and Employment Law)
  • Symposium Speaker at Case Western Reserve University Law School, Nov. 11, 2005 (discussing eligibility issues for sports at Symposium on Professional Sports and Eligibility)
  • Panel Speaker at Harvard Business School, Oct. 14, 2004 (discussing law review article "Illegal Defense")
  • Featured Speaker at the University of Virginia School of Law, Apr. 15, 2004 (discussing "Illegal Defense)
  • Featured Speaker at Harvard Law School, Mar. 18, 2004 (discussing the law and economics of nutritional labeling in Visiting Scholars Colloquium)