Robert C. Berry
A.B., University of Missouri, 1958
LL.B., Harvard University, 1961
Robert Berry is a nationally known
sports and entertainment law expert. He has been a member of the law faculty
at Boston College since 1971 and has served as a visiting professor at
Capital Law School where he taught Entertainment Law. A frequent television
and radio commentator on sports law and contract issues, Berry is a consultant
in the sports and entertainment industries and has consulted for several
sports management companies, law firms and the Boston Red Sox. In 1972,
Berry introduced the first law school course pertaining to legal problems
in professional and amateur sports. He was the first chair of the American
Bar Association's Sports Division of the Forum on the Entertainment and
Sports Industries and later served on the Governing Committee. He also
organized the first national sports law conference in the United States.
Berry is the author of several books and articles about the sports and
entertainment industries, including Law and Business of the Entertainment
Industries, 4th ed. (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers 2001);
Law and Business of the Sports Industries: Common Issues in Amateur
and Professional Sports, 2nd ed. (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers,
1993) and Labor Relations in Professional Sports (Dover, Massachusetts:
Auburn House, 1986).
Publications
Book
LAW AND BUSINESS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES (4th ed., Praeger Publishers,
2001) with DONALD E. BIEDERMAN ET. AL.
Course Materials:
International Legal Issues in Sports, Entertainment and the Arts (2004),
with Carole Berry.
International Legal Issues in Sports, Entertainment and the Arts (2000),
with Carole Berry.
Other Publications Sport, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS (Simon &
Shuster, 1995).
Presentations
"Legal Problems for Intercollegiate Athletics," Athletic Administrators'
Sports Management Institute at University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana,
June, 2001.
"Ethics and the Sports Lawyer," at the annual meeting of the Sports Lawyers
Association, San Francisco, CA, May, 2000.
Commenter, "the Globalization of Baseball," conference held at University
of Indiana Bloomington, February, 2000.
"A Reflective on Twenty-five Years of Sports Legal and Business Developments,"
two presentations at Mercer University Law School, Macon, GA, March 1997.
"Legal and Ethical Constraints on Sports Lawyers," annual meeting of Sports
Lawyers Association, Orlando, FL, May 1998.
Robert Berry is a nationally known
sports and entertainment law expert. He has been a member of the law faculty
at Boston College since 1971 and has served as a visiting professor at
Capital Law School where he taught Entertainment Law. A frequent television
and radio commentator on sports law and contract issues, Berry is a consultant
in the sports and entertainment industries and has consulted for several
sports management companies, law firms and the Boston Red Sox. In 1972,
Berry introduced the first law school course pertaining to legal problems
in professional and amateur sports. He was the first chair of the American
Bar Association's Sports Division of the Forum on the Entertainment and
Sports Industries and later served on the Governing Committee. He also
organized the first national sports law conference in the United States.
Berry is the author of several books and articles about the sports and
entertainment industries, including Law and Business of the Entertainment
Industries, 4th ed. (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers 2001);
Law and Business of the Sports Industries: Common Issues in Amateur
and Professional Sports, 2nd ed. (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers,
1993) and Labor Relations in Professional Sports (Dover, Massachusetts:
Auburn House, 1986). 