Sports and Entertainment Law: Combining Your Practice with Your Passion

This episode focuses on sports and entertainment law and includes interviews with lawyers who have successfully combined practicing law with something else they love, including a lawyer who has the privilege of working for his hometown team - the Houston Texans, two lawyers who were professional gamers prior to law school and are now prominent esports lawyers/podcasters, and a lawyer who pursued her passion for entertainment law.
Segment One:
Touchdown: Scoring the Job of a Lifetime
 Behind the Lines Interviewer: Anna Archer
Sunil Jamal, Associate Counsel of the Houston Texans, discusses his journey to becoming a lawyer for the Houston Texans, the types of projects he gets to work on, and ways in which lawyers who are interested in pursuing sports law can work towards achieving that goal.
Segment Two:
Game On: The Law of ESports
Behind the Lines Interviewer: Anna Archer
Nefi Lopez and Jake Hicks explain what esports is, why they became involved in the industry, the types of legal issues esports lawyers encounter, and how lawyers who are interested in competitive gaming and streaming can start to build a practice in this growing field of law. Nefi and Jake host a popular podcast about esports called "The Law of ESports," which is available at The Law of Esports Podcast (podbean.com).
Segment Three:
Wellness Break: Mindfulness
Behind the Lines Interviewer: Anna Archer
Professor Lonny Hoffman of University of Houston Law Center discusses mindfulness and provides a quick and easy exercise that will help busy lawyers slow down for just moment. For more about mindfulness, Professor Hoffman recommends visiting https://junghouston.org/mind-body-spirit-institute/.
Segment Four:
Something for Thee Lawyers: Megan Thee Stallion's "Album" Issues
Behind the Lines Interviewer: Anietie Akpan
Attorney Stephanie Hay, a local entertainment lawyer, discusses how she became an entertainment lawyer and provides an analysis of Megan Thee Stallion's recent legal issues relating to whether "Something for Thee Hotties" is an album or a mixed tape. She also provides tips for lawyer who are interested in practicing entertainment law.

Complete bios of all of our amazing guests are available at https://www.hba.org/?pg=the-houston-lawyer-cmte. 

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