[lawmajordonors] FW: NEWS ALERT: NCAA changes prompt Campbell Law School to launch Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic

Wed Aug 11 10:13:29 EDT 2021

This is the formal press release about our new Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic.  We are already getting an overwhelming response.  Feel free to share widely.

Dean Leonard

From: Snedeker, Lisa L <lsnedeker at campbell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 10:11 AM
To: Snedeker, Lisa L <lsnedeker at campbell.edu>
Subject: NEWS ALERT: NCAA changes prompt Campbell Law School to launch Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aug. 11, 2021

Lisa Snedeker

336.453.8233<tel:336.453.8233>

NEWS ALERT: NCAA changes prompt Campbell Law School to launch Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA (Aug. 10, 2021) — 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 or attorney to represent their interests leaving them vulnerable.

That’s why Campbell Law School<https://law.campbell.edu/> has launched its sixth pro bono clinic — the Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic — thanks to a generous donation from alumnus Gary Shipman ‘80,<https://www.shipmanandwright.com/gary-shipman/> a founding partner in the Wilmington-based law firm of Shipman & Wright LLP,  Dean J. Rich Leonard announced.

Shipman, an adjunct professor, will direct the sports law clinic, which is available to 14 third-year law students just in time for the Fall 2021 semester. Susan Dunn<https://directory.campbell.edu/people/susan-stevens-dunn/>, also an adjunct professor, will help supervise the clinic's students.

Located in the Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in downtown Raleigh, the Shipman & Wright Sports Law Clinic will 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.

“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.”

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.”

“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.” 

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.

All prospective clients will go through an initial eligibility screening and then be assigned to a student for representation under the supervision of a licensed attorney.

Dean Leonard is available for interviews regarding the clinic. Contact Lisa Snedeker lsnedeker at campbell.edu<mailto:lsnedeker at campbell.edu> to arrange a time.

ABOUT CAMPBELL LAW

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.

Lisa L. Snedeker
Director of Communications & Marketing
Campbell Law School
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