Walter T. Champion, Jr., Esq.

Texas Southern University
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
3100 Cleburne Ave.
Houston, Texas 77004
Phone: 713.313.4474
Fax: 713.313.1087

EXPERIENCE

PROFESSOR OF LAW. Texas Southern University. Director of Law Library & Assistant Professor, 1984-1989. Director of Law Library & Associate Professor, 1989-12/92. Associate Professor, 1/93-3/93. Professor, 3/93- present. Tenured, Feb. 1991. Courses taught: Legal Research, Case Analysis, Appellate Litigation, Sports Law, Recreational Injuries & Torts.
JUDICIAL LAW CLERK. Honorable Bernard Snyder, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. Research and writing in civil, criminal, and family law. 1983-84.
PRIVATE PRACTICE. Jenkintown, PA. General practice including civil and criminal appeals, Jan. 1983-Nov. 1984.
LAW LIBRARIAN. Villanova University. Reference and Administrative position including research, preparation of bibliographies and papers, special projects, facility management, and LEXIS instruction. August 1981-August 1983. Part-time, August 1983-May 1984.
LEGAL WRITER. Contributing Editor, Pennsylvania Law Journal-Reporter. Writing of legal articles in various columns, features, case notes, and interviews. January 1981-84.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR. Packard's Law Reports. Preparation and writing of weekly case notes on reported Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court opinions. May 1982-1984 (Merger with PLJ-R as of 2/28/83).
LAW CLERK. Cozen, Begier & O'Conner, Philadelphia, PA. Research and pleadings (Insurance Law). January-August 1980.
LEGAL EDITOR. The American Law Institute, Philadelphia, PA. Editing of legal treatises; indexing of Restatements; and preparation of bibliographies. 1977-1980.

EDUCATION

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Evening Division, Philadelphia, PA., May 1982, J.D. Dean's List, Spring and Fall 1981, Spring 1982. G.P.A. 3.3 over the last two years.
DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA., M.S., Library Science, 1977.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, Bethlehem, Pa., Ph.D. cand., History, 1975-76.
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Macomb, IL., M.A., History, 1975.
ST. JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA., B.A., History, 1973.

BAR ADMISSIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Admitted to practice, Pennsylvania, November 1982; Texas. August 1993.
Admitted to practice, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, December 1982; Third Circuit, February 1983; U.S. Tax Court, March 1983.
Member, American Bar Association;
Texas and Houston Bar Associations; Sports Law Association. Professor of the Year: 1986-87, Chicano Law Student's Association; 1994-95, Student Bar Association. Selectee, Who's Who in American Law (5th ed.), Who's Who in Texas (1987), Who's Who in Emerging American Leaders (2d ed.).

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Sports Law: Cases, Documents, and Materials. Finally -- a true survey of Sports Law! This exciting new text covers all the issues, all the parties, all the law, and all the practical skills needed to develop a solid understanding of this burgeoning area. Sports Law is a user-friendly, practice-oriented text that will make your course as lively as the field it covers. Released, 2005.

Sports Law in a Nutshell, one-volume treatise, West Publishing Co., January 1999, 358 pages.

Fundamentals of Sport Law, one-volume treatise, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co./Bancroft - Whitney, 535 pages, January 1990, updated December 2000 (now published by West Group).

Recreational Injuries, one-volume treatise, under contract with Michie Co.

"A Critical Look at the So-Called Locker Room Mentality as a Means to Rationalize the Drug Testing of Student Athletes," 5 Villa. Sports & Entertainment L.J. 283 (1998).

"Attorneys Qua Sports Agents: An Ethical Conundrum, 7 Marq. Sports L. J. 349 (Spr. 1997).

"Baseball's Antitrust Exemption Revisited: 21 years After Flood v. Kuhn," 19 T. Marshall L. Rev. 573 (1994).

"The NCAA's Drug Testing Policies: Walking a Constitutional Tightrope?" 67 N.Dakota L. Rev. 259 (1991).

"At the Ol' Ball Game and Beyond: Spectators and the Potential for Liability," 14 Amer. J. of Trial Advocacy 495 (1991).

"The Texas No Pass, No Play Controversy," 14 Thurgood Marshall L. Rev. 27 (Fall 1988-Spr. 1989).

"Management's Red Herrings: Attempts to Circumvent the Age Discrimination in Employment Act," 50 Texas B.J. 506 (May 1987).

"Age Discrimination and Employment Act and the Age/Experience Dilemma," 9 Thurgood Marshall L. Rev. 51 (Winter 1984).

"Discipline of Special Education Students in Public Schools," 12 Capital Univ. L. Rev. 211 (Winter 1984). Reprinted in 1 Law of the Handicapped; Reporter & Commentator 1 (Sept.-Nov. 1982).

"Nonprofessional Sports - Related Injuries and Assumption of Risk in Pennsylvania: Is There Life after Rutter?" 54 Pa. Bar Assn. Quaterly 43 (January 1983), (with H. Patrick Swygert).

"Pro Football and the Antitrust Laws," 5 Pennsylvania Law Journal - Reporter (PLJ-R) 1 (3 part series, nos. 29-31) July 26-August 16,1982.

"Baseball's Third Strike: Labor Laws and the National Past-time," 4 PLJ-R 1 (4 part series, nos. 20-23) (May 25-June 15, 1981).

"Race Horse Fertility Insurance," 4 PLJ-R 1, no. 3 (January 26, 1981).

Plus many other feature articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Pa. Mag. of Hist. & Biog., The Phila. Bulletin, The Docket, GPLLA Newsletter, The Indian Historian, Pennsylvania Law Journal-Reporter (sports law columnist), Regustas, SWALL BULLETIN (co-editor), The Texas Lawyer (legal research columnist), Houston Lawyer, Entertainment & Sports Lawyer, Marquette Sports L.J., Strategies: A Journal for Phys. & Sports Educators, and The Houston Chronicle (sports law column), etc.

And many presentations per year on such various topics as Entertainment Contracts, Decreasing Sports Liability, Franchise Antitrust, Waivers and Recreational Injuries, Ethical Considerations for Sports Agents, Rap Artists and the First Amendment, Texas Sovereign Immunity and H.S. Injuries, etc., etc.