Media and legal professionals in Kansas City will be able to hear one of the most prominent figures in professional sports law during the 29th Annual Media & the Law Seminar, which will be Friday, April 29, at the InterContinental Hotel at the Plaza.

Donald Fehr is the current executive director of the NHL Players’ Association and formerly was executive director of the Major League Baseball Players’ Association. He is scheduled to speak during the seminar’s luncheon.

“Don Fehr is one of the leading figures in American sports law,” said Bryan Clark, an associate at law firm Vedder Price. “He has been involved with some of the largest sports stories of the last few decades, including the arbitration decision that created free agency in Major League Baseball, a successful challenge to MLB owner collusion, the 1994-95 MLB strike and the 2012 NHL lockout.”

The Media & the Law Seminar is an annual continuing legal education event hosted by the University of Kansas School of Law and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Media Law Committee.

The seminar theme in 2016 is “Fair Play or Out of Bounds? The Use and Abuse of the First Amendment in Sports, Entertainment and Popular Culture.” In addition to Fehr’s speech, the seminar will feature sessions addressing right-of-publicity issues for NCAA athletes in video games and creative works, lessons to be learned from celebrity defamation and copyright cases, and protecting free speech rights in the era of internet lynch mobs and online harassment.

A Thursday pre-conference session, “Lights! Action! Insurance! – Insuring Sports, Stars and Super Events,” is also offered.

The event website provides additional information, including registration details for those in the legal and media professions as well as educators, students and the general public.

Nine hours of CLE credit will be available for legal professionals, including one hour of Legal Ethics and two hours of Insurance CE in Kansas and Missouri. A registration discount is offered for Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association members.