I'm very excited about our upcoming Sports and Entertainment Law Institute panel at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. The panel, titled Put the Coach on the Line, is based on a paper authored by UNH Law third-year student John DeWispelaere. Through empirical research, John argues that NHL coaches should be punished when they send out players to injure others. John's paper has just been accepted for publication in the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. Congrats to John on this outstanding placement!

The event will be held on October 22 at 5:30 pm and will be open to the public. We hope to see you there!

Put the Coach On the Line: An Alternative Approach to Increasing Player Safety in the NHL

When: Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Where: UNH School of Law, Room 229, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. (followed by networking reception in the Douglas Wood Boardroom)

The UNH Law Sports and Entertainment Law Institute, Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, and
the Career Services Office present:

Put the Coach on the Line: An Alternative Approach to Increasing Player Safety in the NHL

This event is open to the public.
Please RSVP to Mary O’Malley, faculty assistant to the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, atmary.omalley@law.unh.edu.

Schedule of Events
	5:30 p.m. Opening remarks by Alexandra J. Roberts, Assistant Professor of Intellectual Property, Executive Director, Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property
	5:35 p.m. Third-year UNH Law student and Becker & Poliakoff legal resident John DeWispelaere presents his forthcoming law review article, “Put The Coach on the Line: An Alternate Approach to Increasing Player Safety in the NHL.” The article will be published this fall in the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, a publication of the University of Virginia School of Law.
	5:45 p.m. Second-year UNH Law student and The Pink Puck associate editor and writer Jessica Higham offers a response
	6:00 p.m. Panel discussion, moderated by Michael McCann, Professor of Law, Director, Sports and Entertainment Law Institute with panelists:
	Dmitry Chesnokov, Sports and entertainment attorney at Hobson Bernardino + Davis LLP and NHL writer for Yahoo! Sports
	Paul Kelly, Shareholder at Jackson Lewis and former Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players’ Association
	Gregory Moffett, Director at Preti Flaherty and former goaltender in the Montreal Canadians system
	Michael Wall, Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Performance Sports Group/Bauer and former Chief Legal Officer of the TD Garden and the Boston Bruins
	7:15 p.m. Networking Reception Directed by Assistant Dean of Career Services Eleanor MacLellan in the Douglas Wood Boardroom