SIRC's Seminar Series

"The 12-minute Sports Lawyer"

Toronto Seminar

Speakers:

Rachel Corbett MEDes, RPP Centre for Sport and Law

Steven Indig BRec, LLB Centre for Sport and Law

 

This is a fast-paced presentation that moves quickly through hot topics and issues of the day. In this session, we will provide the basics on:

• SOCAN's new efforts to collect on license fees for playing music at sport practices and events;
• Ontario's new ban on handheld devices while driving and what it means for your employees and volunteers;
• Discrimination complaints are on the rise - what is the your best response and defense?;
• A quick overview of the legal and privacy dimensions of social networking technologies - what privacy?);
• Revisiting the fraud triad in a time of economic downturn - what should your organization be doing to protect against fraud?;
• An update on some new, interesting cases of interest to sport people (Hussack, Wong, Clifford). Discussion to follow.

This workshop will be presented by Debra Gassewitz of SIRC and Rachel Corbett and Steven Indig of the Centre for Sport and Law.

Event will to be rescheduled in the New Year

 

 

This workshop is a co-production of the CSL and SIRC. The two organizations have recently joined forces to offer quality and relevant educational programming to Canadian sport administrators. Topics for the 2010 calendar year will include practical and expert-driven advice on management issues including strength-based planning, risk management, dispute resolution, succession planning, intellectual property, proposal writing and social media. Workshops will be offered out of SIRC's Ottawa and Toronto locations.

About the speakers:

Rachel Corbett helps sport organizations manage change by providing consulting services in planning, policy development and risk management. A founder of the Centre for Sport and Law, she has worked exclusively in sport for nearly twenty years. As a change agent, she works with national and provincial sport bodies on strategic planning, organizational restructuring and risk management initiatives. Rachel also helps sport organizations to draft clear and concise policy documents to improve governance and business practices. She has served as an investigator, dispute administrator and adjudicator in sport-related disputes, and has advocated frequently for sport organizations before national tribunals. Rachel publishes widely and also lectures in several subjects in the Sport Management Department of Brock University. As a True Sport Champion, Rachel is committed to helping organizations promote safe, positive and inclusive sport experiences.

 

Steven Indig, Steve is a lawyer based in Toronto and is also a certified sports agent representing professional athletes in the CFL, OHL and MLS. Steve has worked with numerous national and provincial sport organizations providing consulting services relating to governance, contracts, policies, disputes, investigations and privacy. In addition, he has acted as an adjudicator on issues relating to eligibility, conduct of athletes, coaches and membership. Steve has significant first-hand knowledge of sport from competitive swimming at the national level, coaching with the Vaughan Aquatic Club and refereeing basketball. Steve is also a member of the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame. Please feel free to contact Steve at sji@sportlaw.ca

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