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Michael McCann
Assistant Professor of Law
Michael McCann, Assistant Professor of Law

Education

  • LL.M., Harvard Law School (2005)
    - Finalist, John M. Olin Law & Economics
    l Award
  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (2002)
    - Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Sports and
    lEntertainment Law Journal
    - Hardy Cross Dillard Fellow
    - Best Oral Advocacy Award
  • B.A., magna cum laude, Georgetown University (1998)

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Sports Lawyers Association
  • Food and Drug Law Institute
Areas of Legal Expertise

  • Sports Law
  • Torts
  • Food, Agriculture, and Drug Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Administrative and Government Law
  • Consumer Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Social Psychology and the Law
  • Behavioral Law and Economics

     
Other Employment and Affiliations

 

RECENT Professional Experience


  • Assistant Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law (2005-present)
  • Legal Expert and Columnist, Sports Illustrated and SI.com (2007-present)
  • Co-Founder, The Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School (2007-present)
  • Legal Counsel, U.S. Congressman Marty Meehan (5th Congressional District, MA) (2004-07)
  • Visiting Scholar/Researcher (sponsored by Professor Jon Hanson), Harvard Law School (2004)
  • Counsel to Maurice Clarett in his lawsuit against the National Football League and its age limit (Clarett v. NFL, 369 F.3d 124 (2nd Cir. 2004); cert. denied, 125 S. Ct. 1728 (Apr. 4, 2004)  

 

TEACHING AWARDS

     

  • 2007-08 Professor of the Year Award (voted on by entire student body)

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  • 2007-08 Professor of the Year Award for First Year Courses (voted on by first year law students)

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  • 2007-08 Shirley Norwood Jones Faculty Collegiality Award (voted on by law faculty)

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  • 2007-08 Phi Delta Phi Professor of the Year Award (voted on by Phi Delta Phi Legal Society)

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  • 2006-07 Professor of the Year Award (voted on by entire student body)

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  • 2006-07 Professor of the Year Award for First Year Courses (voted on by first year law students)

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  • 2005-06 Professor of the Year Award for First Year Courses (voted on by first year law students)

Publications

 BOOKS

     
  • Torts Casebook (work in progress, co-author: Professor Jon Hanson of Harvard Law School)

LAW REVIEW PUBLICATIONS

     
  • Putting Americans to the Standardized Test: Moving Groups in the Name of Measuring Individuals (work in progress, co-author: Professor Jon Hanson of Harvard Law School)
  • Legislative Dessert: Psychology and the Overlooked Link between the Farm Bill, Overproduction of Corn, and Obesity (work in progress)
  • Situationist Torts, 42 LOYOLA OF LOS ANGELES LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming, 2008) (co-author: Jon Hanson)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • National Missile Defense: Legal & Policy Justifications for Expanding Deterrence and Preventing War in the 21st Century, 3 SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 207 (2002)
 

 OTHER SELECTED SHORTER WORKS



LECTURES, PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS

     
  • Panel Speaker at the University of Memphis, Apr. 17, 2008 (invited to discuss the connection between race, law, and college sports at College Sport Research Institute Conference)

  • Featured Speaker at Boston University Department of Broadcast Journalism and Sports Institute, Mar. 20, 2008 (invited to discuss experience as a journalist covering sports law for Sports Illustrated)

  • Conference Speaker at Harvard Law School , Mar. 8, 2008 (discussing the connection between ideology, psychology, and law at Second Harvard Conference on Law and Mind Sciences)

  • Symposium Speaker at the University of Virginia School of Law, Mar. 7, 2008 (discussing topic of "Morals Clauses in Sports Contracts" at Second Annual Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium)

  • Panel Speaker at Yale Law School, Mar. 4, 2008 (discussing topic of “The Mitchell Report and Beyond: Steroids, HGH, and the Future of Baseball” on panel hosted by Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh)

  • Conference Speaker at Florida State University College of Law , Feb. 23, 2008 (discussing topic of "Criminal and League Resolutions to Athletes on the Stand" at Entertainment and Sports Law Society Annual Conference)

  • Symposium Speaker at Loyola Law School Los Angeles, Jan. 25, 2008 (discussing "Situationist Torts" project with Jon Hanson at Law Review's Frontiers of Tort Law Symposium)

  • Panel Speaker at the AALS Minority Section Meeting in New York City, Jan. 6, 2008 (discussing topic of "E-racing the Color Line" on panel of experts related to race, law, and sports)

  • Moderator at the AALS Sports and the Law Section Meeting in New York City, Jan. 5, 2008 (modertating panel on intellectual property issues in sports)

  • Guest Lecturer at Harvard Law School, Oct. 18, 2007 (lecturing on age eligibility rules in professional sports in Professor Peter Carfagna’s Sports and the Law course)

  • Panel Speaker at the AALS Minority Section Meeting in New York City, Jan. 6, 2008 (discussing topic of "E-racing the Color Line" on panel of experts related to race, law, and sports)

  • Guest Lecturer at Boston College Law School, Oct. 17, 2007 (lecturing on obesity and choice in Professor Kent Greenfield's Elements of the Law course)

  • Symposium Speaker at West Virginia University College of Law , Oct. 4, 2007 (discussing race, law, and sports, at "Reversing Field: Examining Commercialization, Labor & Race in 21st Century Sports Law ")

  • Colloquium Speaker at Marquette University Law School, Sept. 27, 2007 (presenting on topic of “Connecting Social Psychology to Sports Law” at Sports Law Scholarship and Teaching Colloquium)

  • Panel Speaker at Harvard Law School, Apr. 18, 2007 (discussing topic of "On & Off the Court: The NBA's Regulation of Player Expression" on panel hosted by the Harvard Law School Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law that included columnist Jason Whitlock and representatives for LeBron James and Vince Carter)

  • Panel Speaker at the University of Memphis, Apr. 13, 2007 (discussing topic of "Congress, Intercollegiate Athletics, and Higher Education: Is college sports a tax-exempt enterprise or an unrelated business?" on panel of sports law and sports business experts).

  • Conference Speaker at Florida University College of Law, Mar. 31, 2007 (discussing contemporary antitrust and labor law issues in professional sports at the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Industry Conference hosted by the Florida State University College of Law Entertainment, Law, and Sports Law Society)

  • Panel Speaker at Mississippi College School of Law, Feb. 21, 2007 (discussing race and the law issues in honor of Black History Month at panel sponsored by the Black Law Students' Association)
  • Guest Lecturer at Florida Coastal School of Law, Nov. 7, 2006 (discussing work-in-progress on psychological and intellectual testing of NBA and NFL draft-eligible players)
  • Colloquium Speaker at Marquette University Law School, Oct. 27, 2006 (discussing work-in-progress on psychological and intellectual testing of NBA and NFL draft-eligible players at the 2006 Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law)

  • Presenter at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools New Scholars Speaker Series (Palm Beach, Florida), July 20,2006 (discussing project on sports, cognitive psychology, and the law)

  • Symposium Speaker at DePaul University College of Law, Apr. 28, 2006 (discussing age limits in professional sports at symposium hosted by DePaul Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems)

  • Symposium Speaker at Willamette University College of Law, Mar. 17, 2006 (presenting at Symposium on Future of Sports Law hosted by Willamette Law Review)

  • Debater at Mississippi College School of Law, Feb. 16, 2006 (debating Professor Todd Zywicki of George Mason University School of Law in a Federalist Society Debate on subject of "Obesity in America: The State's Right to Pass Laws Requiring the Restaurant Industry to Provide Nutritional Information to Consumers")

  • Featured Speaker at Duke Law School, Feb. 2, 2006 (presenting article "Illegal Defense" and receiving critique from Duke Law Professors Paul Haagen and Barak Richman)

  • Symposium Speaker at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Jan. 27, 2006 (discussing NBA Dress Code and DNA testing of NBA Players at Symposium hosted by invited by the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law)

  • Symposium Speaker at Case Western Reserve University Law School, Nov. 11, 2005 (discussing eligibility issues for sports at Symposium on Professional Sports and Eligibility hosted by the Center for Law, Technology and Arts and the Case Western Reserve Law Review)

  • Guest Lecturer at Boston College Law School, Mar. 9, 2005 (lecturing on players' rights in Sports Law Course taught by Professors Joseph Rosen and Chris Brown)

  • Panel Speaker at Harvard Business School, Oct. 14, 2004 (discussing law review article "Illegal Defense" and Clarett v. NFL at event hosted by Sports Business Society)

  • Featured Speaker at the University of Virginia School of Law, Apr. 15, 2004 (discussing law review article "Illegal Defense" and Clarett v. NFL)

  • Featured Speaker at Harvard Law School, Mar. 18, 2004 (discussing the law and economics of nutritional labeling in Visiting Scholars Colloquium)

Media

 SELECTED TELEVISION AND RADIO APPEARANCES


  • Guest, National Public Radio (NPR), Apr. 19, 2008 (discussing the legal and economic implications of the NBA's decision to approve the franchise relocation of the Supersonics from Seattle to Oklahoma City)
  • Guest, MLB Home Plate, XM Radio, Feb. 27, 2008 (discussing House Oversight Committee asking the Justice Department to investigate Roger Clemens for perjury)
  • Guest, MLB Home Plate, XM Radio, Feb. 12, 2008 (discussing legal fallout from Roger Clemens' testimony before Congress)
  • Guest, "The Herd with Colin Cowherd," ESPN Radio, New York, New York, Feb. 11, 2008 (discussing expectations for Roger Clemens' testimony before Congress)
  • Guest, "Papa Joe Chevalier Show," KLAV, Las Vegas, Nevada , Feb. 7, 2008 (discussing expectations for Roger Clemens' testimony before Congress)
  • Guest, "The Herd with Colin Cowherd," ESPN Radio, New York, New York, Jan. 15, 2008 (discussing Congressional hearings on Major League Baseball and the Mitchell Report)
  • Guest, "The John Madden Show," KCBS Radio, San Francisco, California , Jan. 15, 2008 (discussing Congressional hearings on Major League Baseball and the Mitchell Report)
  • Guest, "The Glenn Beck Show ," CNN Headline News, New York, New York, Dec. 13, 2007 (discussing legal implications of the Mitchell Report)

 NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE

Other


  • Member, Faculty Appointments Committee of MC School of Law
  • Member, Faculty Scholarship Committee of MC School of Law
  • Member, Alumni/External Relations Committee of MC School of Law
  • Faculty Advisor, Sports and Entertainment Law Society of MC School of Law
  • Member, Special Committee on AALS Database Access
  • Volunteer Instructor, English as a Second Language
  • Born and raised in Massachusetts and thus lifelong Red Sox fan


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