BENZ, WESTON AND COSSACK TAUGHT CLASS FOR PEPPERDINE IN LONDON so my point is he is not going to be involved in a stock selling scam
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Beverly Hills, California - April 23rd, 2012.
Jeffrey G. Benz brings his background as a former U.S. Olympic Committee General Counsel and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitrator, to help teach a course on the Olympic/Sports Dispute Resolution. Alongside Professors Maureen Weston and Roger Cossack, Benz is co-teaching the course titled “Olympic and International Sports Law Dispute Resolution and Management” at Pepperdine’s London Campus during the month of July 2012. The course includes topics ranging from the NCAA, Olympic and European sports, arbitration/mediation, anti-doping, and eligibility issues to issues involving media coverage of disputes in sports. The course will be one of a kind and will combine daily lectures with visits to and from the leading sports organizations and players in the Olympic movement on the eve of the Olympic Games in London.
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Roger Cossack, LL.B.
Distinguished Visiting Practitioner in Residence, Spring 2014
Office: School of Law (SOL)
E-mail: roger.cossack@pepperdine.edu
LL.B., University of California, Los Angeles, 1966
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1963
Professor Cossack was a prosecutor and a defense lawyer during his 22 years of practice, and in 1984 he argued U.S. v. Leon before the Supreme Court. Prior to beginning his private practice of law he served on the faculty of the UCLA Law School. In 1994 he joined CNN as the co-host of Burden of Proof and also was the CNN legal analyst. From 1994 to 2001 Professor Cossack covered all of the major U.S. legal events including breaking the Bush v. Gore decision, the impeachment of President Clinton, and the disputed election of 2000. Since 2002 he has served as the legal analyst for ESPN, reporting on how the law applies in various ways to sports.
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Maureen Arellano Weston, J.D.
Professor of Law
Office: School of Law (SOL)
E-mail: maureen.weston@pepperdine.edu
J.D., University of Colorado, Order of the Coif
B.A., University of Denver, magna cum laude
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Maureen Weston is Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law and Director of the Entertainment, Media & Sports Dispute Resolution Project. She received her J.D. from the University of Colorado, and B.A. in Economics/Political Science at the University of Denver. Professor Weston teaches courses on arbitration, mediation, negotiation, international dispute resolution, legal ethics, and U.S. and international sports law. She is Director of the Entertainment, Media & Sports Dispute Resolution Project, serves as Faculty Advisor to the Sports & Entertainment Law Society and Dispute Resolution Journal, and as coach for ICC Mediation Advocacy and Sports & Entertainment Law Negotiation competitions. Weston has taught law at the University of Oklahoma, University of Colorado, University of Las Vegas Nevada, Hamline, and in Oxford, England. Prior to teaching, Weston practiced law with Holme Roberts & Owen and Faegre & Benson in Colorado. She is actively involved in programs furthering opportunities for students to gain experience in negotiation, mediation and arbitration. Her service membership includes subcommittee Chair for the ABA, Law School Division, Arbitration Competition, AALS Sports Law Executive Committee, and former chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Education Committee and Representation in Mediation Competition. She is a member on the Boards of Directors at the University of Colorado School of Law Alumni Board, the National Sports Law Institute at Marquette School of Law, Malibu Little League, and Editorial Board of LawInSport. A frequent speaker at conferences, Weston is co-author of casebooks on sports law and arbitration and has written numerous articles in the area of Olympic and International Sports Arbitration, disability law, sports law, and dispute resolution.
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