Michael McCann

Current

• Associate Professor of Law at Vermont Law School
• Legal Analyst and SI.com Columnist at Sports Illustrated
• Co-Founder at Harvard Law School Project on Law and Mind Sciences

• Disintguished Visiting Hall of Fame Professor of Law at Mississippi College School of Law
• Contributor at Sports Law Blog and The Situationist

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Past

• Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Boston College Law School
• Legal Counsel at Office of U.S. Congressman Marty Meehan
• Counsel at Maurice Clarett's Legal Team (Clarett v. NFL)

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Education

• Harvard Law School
• University of Virginia School of Law
• Georgetown University

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Michael McCann’s Summary

Phone: 617.875.6132
Email: mmccann[at]vermontlaw.edu

I am an Associate Professor of Law at Vermont Law School, where I teach sports law, torts, and sales. I am also a Legal Analyst at Sports Illustrated, the "Sports and the Law" Columnist on SI.com, and Co-Founder of the Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School.

I have placed scholarly works in such publications as the Yale Law Journal, Wisconsin Law Review, and Connecticut Law Review.

In 2008, I was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Boston College Law School, where I taught sports law and administrative law, and served as Chair of the AALS Section on Sports and the Law.

I am also the Distinguished Visiting Hall of Fame Professor of Law at Mississippi College School of Law, where I was an Assistant Professor of Law between 2005 and 2008 and where I now teach a sports law class every summer.

While at Mississippi, I received the school's most prestigious awards for teaching, including the Professor of the Year Award in 2006-07 and 2007-08, the Professor of the Year for First-Year Courses Award in 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2007-08, and the Phi Delta Phi Professor of the Year Award in 2007-08. I was also honored by my colleagues with the Shirley Norwood Jones Faculty Award in 2007-08.

Prior to becoming a law professor, I served as counsel to college football star Maurice Clarett in his lawsuit against the National Football League and its age eligibility rule (Clarett v. NFL, 369 F.3d 124 (2nd Cir. 2004). I also served as a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School and Legal Counsel to U.S. Congressman Marty Meehan.

I have been interviewed on HBO's "Bob Costas Now", CNN's "The Glenn Beck Show", "American Morning", and "Headline News", Fox News' "Fox Live Desk", CNBC's "Morning Call" & "Power Lunch," the Lou Dobbs Show, and the Jim Rome Show. I have also been interviewed on NPR, BBC, the Dan Patrick Show, and by the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Michael McCann’s Specialties:

Sports Law, Torts, Sales, Psychology and the Law, Administrative Law, Consumer Law, and Food and Drug Law.

Michael McCann’s Experience

• Associate Professor of Law

  Vermont Law School

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  • Courses include sports law, torts, sales, administrative law, and food and drug law.
  
  • Eligible for tenure in 2010.
  
  • Member of Faculty Appointments Committee and Standards Committee.
  
  • AALS Representative (Alternate).
  
  • Adviser to Sports and Entertainment Law Society and Judge for Jessup International Moot Court Competition.

• Legal Analyst and SI.com Columnist

  Sports Illustrated

  (Public Company; TWX; Publishing industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  • Legal analyst for Sports Illustrated and SI.com stories and author of “Sports and the Law” column on SI.com.
  
  • Have covered such news stories as Congressional hearings on Major League Baseball and steroids, Michael Vick’s federal trial on dog fighting charges, O.J. Simpson’s robbery trial, and the United States Justice Department’s investigations into Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds.
  
  • Have received recognition from The American Lawyer and the Newhouse School of Public Communications for excellence in journalism.

• Co-Founder

  Harvard Law School Project on Law and Mind Sciences

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

  Co-founded with Harvard Law School Professor Jon Hanson, the Project is devoted to understanding the implications of social psychology, social cognition, and other related mind sciences for law, policymaking, and legal theory.

• Disintguished Visiting Hall of Fame Professor of Law

  Mississippi College School of Law

  (Higher Education industry)

  August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  Teaching a sports law class every summer. From 2005 to 2008, was an assistant professor of law and classes taught included sports law, torts, health care law, immigration law, and consumer law.

• Contributor

  Sports Law Blog and The Situationist

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

  Sports Law Blog is the leading blog devoted sports and the law and has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the three best sports business blogs. The Situationist, which is the official blog of the Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School, was recently named Best Social Psychology Blog.

• Visiting Associate Professor of Law

  Boston College Law School

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2008 — January 2009 (8 months)

  Taught sports law and administrative law in the fall 2008 semester. Adviser to Sports and Entertainment Law Society and Judge to Law School's Negotiation Competition.

• Legal Counsel

  Office of U.S. Congressman Marty Meehan

  (Government Agency; Legislative Office industry)

  August 2004 — May 2007 (2 years 10 months)

  Provided advice to Congressman Meehan, who represents the 5th Congressional District in Massachusetts and serves on the House Judiciary and Armed Services Committees, on legal and policy matters. Also wrote speeches and drafted various documents.

• Counsel

  Maurice Clarett's Legal Team (Clarett v. NFL)

  (Law Practice industry)

  February 2004 — August 2004 (7 months)

  Provided labor and antitrust analysis in case involving an Ohio State University football player who was deemed ineligible for the NFL Draft due to his age. Assisted in the drafting of briefs and other legal memoranda, and reported to Alan Milstein, lead counsel, of Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky, P.A.

Michael McCann’s Education

• Harvard Law School

  LL.M. , Social Psychology and the Law & Sports Law , 2004 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Finalist for John M. Olin Law and Economics Award

• University of Virginia School of Law

  J.D. , 1999 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, Dillard Fellow, Best Oral Advocacy Award

• Georgetown University

  B.A. , Government , 1994 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  President of Blue and Gray

Additional Information

Michael McCann’s Groups:

Sports Lawyers Association, Boston Sports Club, St. John's Prep

•    Harvard LLM 2005
•    HL Alumni
•    Harvard University Alumni
•    Harvard Law School Alumni Network
•    Professional Athlete Network™
•    St. John's Prep Alumni Network
•    St. John's Prep Lawyers' Network
•    Sports Law Network
•    Boston College Law School
•    Vermont Law School Community
•    IVY GROUPS - The Professional Network for Ivy League Alumni
•    IVY GROUPS: Law & Legal Services

Michael McCann’s Honors:

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

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

2007-08 Phi Delta Phi Professor of theYear Award (voted on by members of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity)

2007-08 Shirley Norwood Jones Faculty Award (voted on by tenure and tenure-track faculty)

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

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

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

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