Class of 2012

Number Who Enrolled: 157

• Resident: 94
• Non-resident: 63
• Male Enrollment: 101
• Female Enrollment: 56
• Minority Enrollment: 31
• Average Age: 24

Median LSAT: 155

• 75th Percentile: 157
• 25th Percentile: 151

Median GPA: 3.39

• 75th Percentile: 3.67
• 25th Percentile: 3.07

Number Represented

• Schools: 67
• States: 21

Tuition

• Resident Tuition: $13,007.40 per year
• Nonresident Tuition: $27,706.40 per year

Journal Experience

• Mississippi Law Journal
• Journal of Space Law
• Sports Law Review
• The Sandbar
• Water Log
• Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal

Student Body & Faculty

• Approximately 529 JD students
• 33 full time faculty
• Student to faculty ratio: 15:1
• 158 electives offered

Post Graduation

• Mississippi Bar passage rate is 85.59% (in 2011) or five points above the state passage rate.
• Alumni located in 48 states and Washington, D.C.
• Alumni include John Grisham, writer; A.C. Wharton, mayor of Memphis; Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, U.S. senators; and Walt Cain, Special Counsel & Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Advocacy Success

• Moot Court Board currently ranks in the top 10 in the nation and in the top 30 for the past three years.
• Environmental law team won national championships in 2011 and 2012.
• Legal ethics team received the Scribes award for best brief in the nation at the ABA Convention in 2011.

Scholarships and Financial Aid

All applicants are given automatic consideration for first year scholarships.  Most of our scholarships are merit-based.  Also, students may receive loans through the University’s Financial Aid Office.  For more information regarding loans, please visit: http://www.olemiss.edu/finaid/