Major League Baseball Players Association
New York, NY
This 2013 fellowship is awarded to Gideon Martin, a second-year student at the Brooklyn Law School.
The MLBPA is the collective bargaining agent for all players who have signed a major league contract with one of the thirty Major League Baseball Clubs. The Association represents those players for all purposes under the terms of the Basic Agreement (the collective bargaining agreement between the MLBPA and the Thirty Clubs), including the filing and processing of grievances, and works with the agents who negotiate the players’ salaries and other added terms of employment. It has a long and proud history of standing up for the rights of its members – past, present and future.
The Peggy Browning MLBPA Fellow will function much like a law clerk at any other union or union-side firm. He/she will be given a variety of research and writing assignments, depending on then-current demands. For 2013, much of the research and writing is likely to revolve around contract issues. Where practical, the Fellow may attend arbitration hearings, grievance meetings, and other meetings with league officials, agents and players. Completion of a law school labor law course is preferred; an interest in, and an affinity for, practicing union-side labor law is an essential requirement.
The Association’s policy is to hire law clerks from New York-area law schools so that they can continue to work on a part-time basis through the following school year. The Fellow will be paid $22 per hour and is eligible for overtime.
Address cover letter to:
Major League Baseball Players Association
Attn: Ian Penny, Esq.
12 E. 49th Street, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017
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