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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Ind. Law - "Gary Roberts named Dean of Indiana University-Indianapolis School of Law

"Sports-law expert to lead IU-Indianapolis law school" is the headline to a story by Staci Hupp in today's Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:

Gary Roberts is billed as the nation's premier sports-law scholar. So it's fitting that he was picked to run a law school in a sports hub like Indianapolis.

Indiana University officials named Roberts dean of Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis on Friday. His ties to Indianapolis date back several years, mostly through NCAA committees. Roberts also has advised the NFL, minor-league baseball teams and the European Soccer Federation.

Most recently, Roberts has been deputy dean of Tulane University's law school in New Orleans. He was a pioneer in teaching about sports industry law, including labor, tort, contract and antitrust issues.

"When we sat down as a committee and we established criteria for what we would like to see in a new dean, it turns out that Gary checks every single box," said Andrew Klein, associate dean for academic affairs at the school. "Not only is he an experienced administrator at another law school, he has a real connection professionally with Indianapolis."

Roberts, 58, will be paid $259,000 a year when he replaces interim Dean Susanah M. Mead on July 1. Former Dean Anthony Tarr left in 2005.

Sports Law Blog also has an entry on the appointment:
Congratulations to Gary Roberts, Deputy Dean of Tulane Law School and Director of the Tulane Sports Law Program, on being named Dean of Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. Gary, who co-authors a leading sports law case book with Harvard Law School professor Paul Weiler, has extensive experience in sports law, including serving as President of the Sports Lawyers Association from 1995 to 1997. It appears that he will continue to engage in sports law, as his new school's Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties, Uday Sukhatme, says, "Sports law will continue to be a focus of Roberts' scholarly work at IUPUI, and this is most appropriate given the strong sports presence in Indianapolis."
The textbook is: Sports and the Law: Text, Cases and Problems

Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 20, 2007 09:35 AM
Posted to Indiana Law