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The 9th Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Conference returns to Tulane Law School on April 10–11, 2026, for 2 days of conversations on the forefront of sports activities, media, and leisure. Presented by Tulane Law and the Tulane Center for Sport, the convention is free and open to the general public, welcoming college students, alumni, and business professionals from throughout the nation.
This 12 months’s keynote speaker is Desmond Howard, a former Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl MVP who now serves as a distinguished sportscaster. His expertise on the highest ranges of faculty soccer, the NFL, and sports activities media will anchor a program targeted on the evolving enterprise and authorized panorama of sports activities and leisure.
The convention was based by alumni leaders, together with Jeff Frost (L’89), president and founding father of Bristol Circle Entertainment, and Kevin Yorn (L’90), founding companion of the Yorn Levine Entertainment Law Firm, which represents superstars like Alicia Keys, Anna Kendrick, the D’Amelio sisters, and others. Alongside fellow organizer Tim Francis (L’84) of Sher Garner, they constructed the occasion to join Tulane Law college students with high decision-makers in leisure and sports activities. Over the years, the convention has grown into one of many premier gatherings of its sort, reflecting Tulane’s longstanding power and alumni management in these industries.
This 12 months’s program spans probably the most urgent points shaping the sector, from movie manufacturing and music to athlete illustration, skilled sports activities administration, and the impression of synthetic intelligence and rising applied sciences on leisure. Attendees will even achieve perception into high-stakes contract negotiations and the complexities of representing high-profile shoppers. A particular lunchtime cooking demonstration with New Orleans chef Dook Chase IV provides a neighborhood contact to the nationwide dialog.
Widely thought to be a number one convention within the subject, the annual occasion brings collectively influential legal professionals, executives, brokers, and creatives to look at the forces reshaping their industries. Organized by Tulane Law workers and alumni, the 2026 convention as soon as once more positions Tulane Law on the heart of the nationwide dialog in leisure and sports activities regulation.