UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law’s Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Graduate Programannounced the first-ever “The Art of the Sneaker Deal,” a two-day case study competition and conference, taking place March 3 and 4, 2022, on the Coral Gables campus. The competition and conference are a collaboration between EASL and Sneaker Law. The competition case studies will allow competitors to represent artists, designers, and brands on issues including intellectual property protection of sneakers, rights of publicity, licensing deals, and collaboration agreements and judged by industry lawyers and business executives. The competition will include a half-day conference touching on legal and business issues impacting the sneaker industry. “We were thrilled to be the first law school to offer sneaker law as a course in our EASL program last spring,” said Associate Dean Greg Levy, director of the EASL program. “The course examines contemporary business and legal issues impacting the sneaker industry.”