Contact: Terry Denbow, Vice President for University Relations, (517) 355-2262, denbow@msu.edu

9/26/2005

Robert McCormick, a Michigan State University law professor who served as co-counsel in the Maurice Clarett case, will speak at MSU this Saturday, Oct. 1.

McCormick will speak at 9 a.m. in the Kellogg Center Auditorium as part of the MSU “Saturday Seminar” series. His topic: “Just Say No to Going Pro.”

The Spartan Saturday Seminar Series is faculty talks on contemporary issues that are held at MSU before every home football game. The talks are free and open to the public and begin three hours before each game.

McCormick was part of the legal team representing Maurice Clarett, a football player from Ohio State University who challenged the National Football League’s rule of not allowing players from entering the NFL draft until three years after their high school graduation.

Clarett had played one year at Ohio State when he took on the NFL. Clarett lost his case and sat out the entire 2004 season. This year he was drafted by the Denver Broncos but was eventually cut.

McCormick is a former attorney for the National Labor Relations Board. He has been with the law college since 1979. He teaches, among other things, labor law and sports law.

Other seminars scheduled for this season include:

Oct. 22 (Northwestern)
“Where the Jobs Are – And How to Get Them”
Philip Gardner, director of research, Collegiate Employment Research Institute

Oct. 29 (Indiana)
“Portraits of Your Brain – And the Rest of You”
James Potchen, professor and chairperson of radiology

Nov. 19 (Penn State)
“Adult Attention Deficit Disorder: Rumor or Epidemic?”
Joel Nigg, associate professor of psychology