Tokyo 2020 Rescheduled: Implications for Athletes, Governing Bodies, Commercial Parties, and Dispute Resolution | April 9

Tokyo 2020 Rescheduled: Implications for Athletes, Governing Bodies, Commercial Parties, and Dispute Resolution | April 9 | 8:30am-12:30pm Pacific

The 2020 Olympics was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now scheduled for July of 2021, the future of the games remains unclear as many parts of the world are still experiencing dangerous virus flare-ups.

The Pepperdine Caruso Law Dispute Resolution Law Journal Symposium brings together leaders in international sports law to address the uncertain future of the Olympic Games and how it affects athletes, national governments, and all other parties responsible for making the event a reality. The half-day program will begin with a keynote address by Lord Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, followed by two panel discussions featuring prominent attorneys, law scholars, and representatives from the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the US government. The event will conclude with a lunch-time networking event sponsored by the Caruso Law Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law.

This symposium has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit by the State Bar of California for 3 credit hours. Pepperdine Caruso School of Law certifies that this activity conforms to the standard for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.

Distinguished Speakers:

• Lord Sebastian Coe, President, World Athletics, Port Hercules, Monaco
• Maureen Weston, Professor of Law, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, Malibu, California
• Kacie Wallace, Athlete Ombudsman, United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Norman Wain (JD '96), General Counsel and Chief of Business Affairs, USA Track & Field, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Jeff Cook ('03, JD '06), General Counsel, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Howard Jacobs, Attorney at Law, Offices of Howard L. Jacobs, Westlake, California
• Jeff Benz, JAMS Mediator Arbitrator Referee Special Master/Court of Arbitration for Sport and Door Tenant at 4 New Square.
• Steven Smith, Managing Partner, Bryan Cave, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Matt Mitten, Professor and Executive Director National Sports Law Institute,, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Maidie Oliveau, Counsel, Arent Fox LLP, Los Angeles, California
• Michael Lenard OLY, President, Court of Arbitration for Sport Ad hoc Division,Tokyo Olympic Games, and Vice President, International Council of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland

Please register here.