Prof. Gil Fried Honored at 37th Annual Sport Recreation and Law Association (SRLA) Conference with Two Major Awards

Prof. Fried was honored at the Sport Recreation Law Association’s 37^th annual conference with the Herb Appenzeller Sport and Recreation Law Association Honor Award. This award is given for service to SRLA. SRLA is an international organization of scholars and practitioners who focus on teaching and researching sport law-related disciplines. SRLA hosts an annual conference along with the industry’s premier academic journal, the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sports (JLAS). Prof. Fried serves as a reviewer for the journal, a reviewer of abstracts for the conference, and helped edit and coordinate “Safe at First, Vol. 2,” a fundraising effort for SRLSA that contains over 120 chapters, over 1,000 pages, and combines the knowledge of over 40 sport law experts. In 2011, Prof. Fried was honored with the Betty van der Smissen Leadership Award from SRLA.

Prof. Fried was also humbled and honored to be named an SRLA Research Fellow. The SRLA Research Fellow designation is intended to:

1. Be one of distinction within SRLA and Fellows’ own academic communities, and
2. Encourage high standards of research and other forms of scholarship among SRLA members.

SRLA members wishing to gain Research Fellow status must have a continuous and high quality record of scholarship. Minimum criteria must be met:

1. Membership status: All SRLA Research Fellows must be a current member of SRLA and have maintained membership continuously for the previous five-years at the time of application. If there is a lapse of membership, the Research Fellow clock will restart. However, the publication and presentation requirements will not be affected
2. Publications: All SRLA Fellows must have at least 15 publications in refereed journals.
3. Three of the total publications must be first author.
4. Three of the total publications must appear in the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport within the past ten-years (for 2024 Fellows, publications in years 2014-2023).
5. Presentations: All SRLA Fellows must have a minimum of 20 refereed presentations.
6. Five of the total presentations must be first author, within the last five years.
7. Six of the total presentations must be first author SRLA presentations.