College of Law
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3035
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-6416
Fax: 307-766-6417
Email: lawadmis@uwyo.edu
Course Number: 6910
Professor: Jacquelyn Bridgeman
Credit Hours & Type of Credit: 3
Semester Offered: Fall
Required: No
Prerequisites: Students must have completed their first year of law school.
Recommended Courses: None
Course Overview: This class is designed to provide students with a broad overview and firm grounding in the many legal topics and issues that arise in the sports and entertainment law context. Unique to sports law the course will review the legal and regulatory regimes governing high school, college, professional, and Olympic and International Sports. In the entertainment context the course will explore legal and regulatory issues related to film, music, sound, television, cable, digital, publishing, and visual arts. At the same time the course will explore topics that transcend both areas of law, including talent contracts, labor issues, agents, managers, copyright, trademark, torts, gender, and race issues.
Course Materials: See the current Book List located under Scheduling.
Course Format: The course will meet once a week for an hour and 50 minutes. Class sessions will involve
class discussion, simulations, problems and exercises to allow students the opportunity
to gain experience in the types of negotiation and drafting they are likely to encounter
in a sports and entertainment law practice.
Written Assignments: This course will require students to complete 3-4 short drafting assignments in conjunction
with in-class simulations and exercises. Students will also be required to complete
a final project consisting of 1) a short white paper; 2) an op-ed; 3) an in-class
presentation. Further information regarding these assignments will be provided in
the class syllabus. There is no final or final paper option. This class will not allow
students to satisfy the advanced writing requirement.
Type of Exam: None
Basis for Grading Student Performance: The basis for student grades will be 1) class participation and preparedness; 2)
performance on the short drafting assignments; 3) performance on the final project
Other Comments:
College of Law
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3035
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-6416
Fax: 307-766-6417
Email: lawadmis@uwyo.edu