East Lansing,
Michigan
Robert A. McCormick is a professor of law at the school. Early in his career, from 1973 to 1978, he served as an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Denver, Colorado, and in 1976 Prof. McCormick was counsel to the Honorable Howard Jenkins, Jr., a member of the NLRB, in Washington, D.C. From 1978 until 1979, he was assistant director of gift and estate planning for the University of Chicago. Prof. McCormick joined the Detroit College of Law faculty in 1979 and served as associate dean from 1986 through 1989. He teaches Labor Law, Constitutional Law, Discrimination in Employment, Sports Law, and Decedents' Estates and Trusts. In addition to authoring a textbook on sports law, Prof. McCormick is a frequent author of articles on labor law and sports law, and his writings have appeared in prominent law reviews, including "Vanderbilt Law Review," "Emory Law Journal," "Washington & Lee Law Review," and the "University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform," as well as in national periodicals including "The New York Times" and "The National Law Journal." He has served as the chairperson for the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan and is the chairman of the Michigan Region of the National Academy of Arbitrators. Prof. McCormick was co-counsel in "Clarett v National Football League."
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