National Sports Law Negotiation Competition 2016

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Date: Friday, September 23, 2016 - 12:00am to Sunday, September 25, 2016 - 12:00am

NSLNC 2016 is September 23-25, 2016!  (6th Annual!)

Registration for NSLNC 2016 is CLOSED, thank you!

NSLNC 2016 Team & Judge Schedule

NSLNC 2016 Registered Teams List 

Competition Rules and Attachments

Discounted Padres Tickets

(For purchase on Saturday, 9/24/2016: Terrace Infield - $63; Field Plaza - $56.50; Field Reserve - $45; Terrace Reserved – $45; Terrace Pavilion - $37.50; Field Pavilion - $36.50; Right Field Lower Reserved - $28.50; Upper Infield - $18.25)

NSLNC Sponsorship Packages

View the 2016 NSLNC CSLP Brochure

The final team placing after the Final Round is as follows:

  1. California Western School of Law – San Diego, CA
  2. Texas A&M University School of Law – Fort Worth, TX
  3. Quinnipiac University School of Law – Hamden, CT
  4. Pepperdine University School of Law – Malibu, CA

CONGRATULATIONS to all teams on your participation!

Mark Your Calendars: The 7th Annual National Sports Law Negotiation Competition is scheduled for Friday, September 22 through Sunday, September 24, 2017, at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California.

History & Vision of the National Sports Law Negotiation Competition

The annual National Sports Law Negotiation Competition (NSLNC) is hosted and organized by the Center for Sports Law & Policy (CSLP) at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California, every September.

The NSLNC was created by sports and academic professionals with law students in mind as they enter the legal community. The NSLNC’s purpose is to give back to law students a great experience, competition, and place to meet like minds in the sports law industry. Our mission is to provide the sports profession with able and ready legal minds through negotiation competition training.

The fact patterns for the Competition are modeled toward current issues in the sports industry.  Student competitors negotiate select fictional disputes in an academic setting in front of a panel of judges. The fact patterns negotiated allow students to focus on more than one area of sports law, including: contract negotiation, trading of players, salary demands, endorsement contracts, athlete and sports professionals family and personal issues, intellectual property, and more.

It is our hope that you enjoy the yearly competition weekend, which includes a weekend of social activities, the competition, and of course meeting future lawyers, agents, current sports professionals, and judicial officers from across this great Country, and the World, in America’s finest city, San Diego, California.

Jeremy M. Evans, Esq. ‘11

Director, Center for Sports Law & Policy 

2016 Fact Patterns and Judges Instructions:

Round One

--Fact Pattern with Confidentials

--Judges Instructions

Round Two

--Fact Pattern with Confidentials

--Judges Instructions 

Final Round

--Fact Pattern with Confidentials

--Judges Instructions 

See Past Articles About the NSLNC:

2015

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2012:

2011:

“Your team did an awesome job...just wanted to say thank you!”

Joshua Igeleke, Jr. J.D./MBA Candidate, May 2014 William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada, Las Vegas

“It was a great weekend and I really enjoyed myself and appreciate the hospitality. Looking forward to coming back next year.”

James Cooper Juris Doctorate Candidate 2015 Florida A & M University College of Law

“I was a judge for the competition on Saturday and the competition was highly organized and well-run.”

Leah Christensen Professor of Law Thomas Jefferson School of Law 

Contact: [email protected]

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