The Daily OrangeSports law program passed after student efforts
By Ashley Collman
Posted: 4/28/09, 2:49 AM EST Section: News
Students in the College of Law will have the option of choosing an entertainment and sports law certificate when they return to campus next semester. The first law program drafted by a student organization was approved by a law college faculty vote April 17.
The concentration will focus on legal issues surrounding the entertainment and sports industries.
The process of making the new certificate program began a year ago when members of the Entertainment and Sports Law Society, a student club, first proposed the idea, said ESLS president Joshua Meredith.
Members of the club worked with Laura Lape, an associate law professor, to draft the proposal, and then sent it to the Syracuse University curriculum committee in fall 2008. From there, faculty members revised the document and gave it back to the organization, which then resubmitted it for approval.
Meredith said he feels this new certificate will give law students more of an edge when trying to break into the difficult industry.
"This is something that is going to help students here at Syracuse law school do that," he said. "This is going to give them a better opportunity to get one of those coveted, really hard to get positions when they leave here."
The new concentration will become one of several certificate programs offered to law school students. Other certificates include estate planning, global law and family law. Sports law professor Roderick Surratt said the new certificate would recognize student interest in the study of entertainment and sports law.
"It means that students who want to specialize in entertainment or sports law can have that recognized now, in the same way that there is recognition for several other certificate programs in the law school," he said.
In order to attain this certificate, law students must take a list of core and elective classes on entertainment and sports law. Students must also write a paper on the subject. After completing the requirements, they will receive a special certificate separate from their diploma.
"One might try to be an agent representing professional athletes or someone might try to get a job at a college university being in their office of athletic compliance," Surratt said. "There are a variety of things that people might do."
Meredith said he hopes the certificate will help students be better prepared for these jobs. He also said he wants the certificate to assist the law school in gaining more students and boosting its reputation.
"I really want (the College of Law) to push this out there and really make this a priority," he said. "Because this is a program that students are interested in and can really put Syracuse on the map. We really need something to help out students get their name out there."
aucollma@syr.edu
The concentration will focus on legal issues surrounding the entertainment and sports industries.
The process of making the new certificate program began a year ago when members of the Entertainment and Sports Law Society, a student club, first proposed the idea, said ESLS president Joshua Meredith.
Members of the club worked with Laura Lape, an associate law professor, to draft the proposal, and then sent it to the Syracuse University curriculum committee in fall 2008. From there, faculty members revised the document and gave it back to the organization, which then resubmitted it for approval.
Meredith said he feels this new certificate will give law students more of an edge when trying to break into the difficult industry.
"This is something that is going to help students here at Syracuse law school do that," he said. "This is going to give them a better opportunity to get one of those coveted, really hard to get positions when they leave here."
The new concentration will become one of several certificate programs offered to law school students. Other certificates include estate planning, global law and family law. Sports law professor Roderick Surratt said the new certificate would recognize student interest in the study of entertainment and sports law.
"It means that students who want to specialize in entertainment or sports law can have that recognized now, in the same way that there is recognition for several other certificate programs in the law school," he said.
In order to attain this certificate, law students must take a list of core and elective classes on entertainment and sports law. Students must also write a paper on the subject. After completing the requirements, they will receive a special certificate separate from their diploma.
"One might try to be an agent representing professional athletes or someone might try to get a job at a college university being in their office of athletic compliance," Surratt said. "There are a variety of things that people might do."
Meredith said he hopes the certificate will help students be better prepared for these jobs. He also said he wants the certificate to assist the law school in gaining more students and boosting its reputation.
"I really want (the College of Law) to push this out there and really make this a priority," he said. "Because this is a program that students are interested in and can really put Syracuse on the map. We really need something to help out students get their name out there."
aucollma@syr.edu
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Drekalicious
posted 4/28/09 @ 1:59 PM EST
Though not a huge supporter of TASP, this article strikes me as funny; the idea for a sports law program is proposed, and a year later it's put in place. (Continued…)
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