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<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">RALEIGH — When the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced its decision to allow athletes to profit from the commercial use of their names, images or likenesses (NIL), the move opened
up a Pandora’s Box of legal implications for student athletes, many of whom cannot afford to hire an agent to represent their interests.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">That’s why Campbell Law School is launching its sixth pro bono clinic — the <b style="box-sizing:border-box; font-weight:bolder">Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic — </b>thanks to a generous donation
from alumnus Gary Shipman ‘80, a founding partner in the Wilmington-based Shipman & Wright LLP, Dean J. Rich Leonard announced today.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">The clinic will be available for second- and third-year law students just in time for the Fall 2021 semester.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">Located in the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law building in downtown Raleigh, the Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic plans to provide local student athletes with the specialized legal services they
need to navigate the changing environment in which student athletes may engage in agreements with third parties to profit from the use of their NIL while observing NCAA rules about improper inducements. </p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">“I am thrilled to be able to offer this unique and timely opportunity to our law students as well as provide a much-needed service to student athletes,” Leonard said. “Our Sports Law Clinic will provide
sound legal advice and analysis to this vulnerable population to assist them in realizing the value of their NIL property, while offering student attorneys the chance to develop important legal and practical skills.” </p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">Shipman said as of July 1, 2021, there are virtually no restrictions on collegiate athlete’s ability to profit from the commercial use of their NIL while enrolled as students and eligible to play sports.
Consequently, whether participating in so-called revenue sports or other sports, young athletes at all levels are being inundated by companies, individuals, marketing agencies and self-identified agents to “do deals.” </p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">“The NCAA has left administration of NIL to its member institutions, which are suddenly faced with potentially conflicting requirements of their own sponsor contracts, alumni and boosters and literally
thousands of individual student athletes,” he explained. “Several state legislatures have passed NIL legislation and are developing related regulatory schemes, but the majority of states, including North Carolina, have yet to do so. Many observers think that
Congress will eventually step in with a national regulatory system with clear enforcement rules. But that will take some time, and in the interim, the futures of vulnerable and typically unrepresented young people are potentially compromised.” </p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">Shipman, who has practiced law for more than 30 years, launched Atlantic Sports Management in 2013. He is certified as a contract advisor and agent by the NFL and NBA, and his sports clients include
college and professional coaches as well as professional athletes.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">Eight law students will initially be allowed to sign up for the Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic. The three-credit hour course is designed to provide students committed to practicing sports law, entrepreneurship
and transactional law the opportunity to develop and hone effective professional skills essential to providing excellent legal services. These skills will include cultivating effective communication techniques, setting and meeting deadlines, working with colleagues
as part of a team and interfacing with clients. Professional responsibility, along with a student-attorney’s ethical obligations to his/her client will also be addressed in the context of the clinic. All prospective clients will go through an initial eligibility
screening and then be assigned to a student for representation.</p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">The mission of Campbell University and the law school is to graduate students with exemplary academic and professional skills who are prepared for purposeful lives and meaningful service. Visit our
website for the full <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(191,85,18); border-bottom:1px solid rgba(181,85,18,0.3)">mission</a>. Questions about the new clinic? Email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(191,85,18); border-bottom:1px solid rgba(181,85,18,0.3)">sportslaw@campbell.edu</a><u style="box-sizing:border-box">. </u> </p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem"><b style="box-sizing:border-box; font-weight:bolder">ABOUT CAMPBELL LAW</b></p>
<p style="box-sizing:border-box; margin:0px 0px 1.6875rem">Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion, and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others. Among
its accolades, the school has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation’s top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program. Campbell Law boasts more
than 4,400 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. In 2021, Campbell Law is celebrating 45 years of graduating legal leaders and 12 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of North Carolina’s Capital City.</p>
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