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The UM School of Law is dedicated to professional development and personal growth of students and alumni. One of the many ways you can help grow and serve future generations of law students is by becoming an active member of the Law Alumni Chapter!

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Join the Law Alumni Chapter

The Law Alumni Chapter is the organization that represents all graduates of The University of Mississippi School of Law. The Law Alumni Chapter sponsors the annual Law Weekend, the Law Alumni Hall of Fame, the UM Law Alumni Luncheon at the Mississippi Bar’s Annual Meeting, and various other alumni gatherings throughout the year.

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Tailgate in the Grove

Ole Miss Law Tailgates

Join us at our tailgating events in the Grove during football season, where law alums reconnect, reminisce, and forge new bonds amidst the camaraderie of shared memories and future aspirations.

Alums Standing in front of Lamar Order Wall

The Lamar Order

The Lamar Order is an organization established by the Law Alumni Chapter of the University of Mississippi Alumni Association in cooperation with the University of Mississippi Foundation. Named in honor of L.Q.C. Lamar, a founding father of the School of Law, the Lamar Order administers substantial gifts for the benefit of the Law Center to encourage its recognition as one of the outstanding legal education centers in the United States. As the legal profession in today’s society assumes more diverse and complex roles, so must the University of Mississippi School of Law modify and expand its educational programs.  Members of the Lamar Order will help broaden the scope and content of these programs and enhance the total offerings of the School of Law.

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Law alums at alumni weekend

Join us for the Annual Law Alumni Weekend

Each spring, our Law Alumni Weekend brings Ole Miss Law alums back home to Oxford to celebrate distinguished members of our community, catch up with friends, enjoy exclusive Ole Miss experiences, and even get in some CLE hours while you're with us!

Scott Thompson

Join the Law Alumni Chapter

The Law Alumni Chapter is the organization that represents all graduates of The University of Mississippi School of Law. The Law Alumni Chapter sponsors the annual Law Weekend, the Law Alumni Hall of Fame, the UM Law Alumni Luncheon at the Mississippi Bar’s Annual Meeting and various other alumni gatherings throughout the year. If you would like to be involved with the School of Law, please reach out!

Scott Thompson

Associate Director of Alumni Affairs for Engagement

Law Alumni Chapter

  • F. Keith Ball – President
  • Taylor B. McNeel – President-Elect
  • Scott Thompson – Executive Secretary

  • Robert R. Bailess
  • Robert E. Box, Jr.
  • Wilton V. “Trey” Byars III
  • Greg Carter
  • William M. Gage
  • John S. Graham
  • Julie Jarrell Gresham
  • Benjamin E. Griffith
  • Jeffrey P. Hubbard
  • David M. Ishee
  • T. Stewart Lee, Jr.
  • Elizabeth L. Maron
  • Jessica Banahan McNeel
  • Robert P. Myers, Jr.
  • Troy Farrell Odom
  • William N. Reed
  • Paul G. Riser
  • Christopher L. Schmidt
  • Aafram Y. Sellers
  • Christopher R. Shaw
  • Frederick G. Slabach
  • Geoffrey P. Vickers
  • Rachel Pierce Waide
  • Michael N. Watts
  • William B. Weatherly
  • Robert Q. Whitwell

  • Robert Q. Whitwell • 2023-2024
  • Julie Jarrell Gresham • 2022-2023
  • Jeffrey P. Hubbard • 2021-2022
  • Benjamin E. Griffith • 2019-2021
  • David M. Ishee • 2018-2019
  • Scott W. Pedigo • 2017-2018
  • George J. Nassar, Jr., Memphis, TN • 2016-17
  • Thomas E. Vaughn, Pass Christian, MS • 2015-16
  • Wesla Sullivan Leech, Mendenhall, MS • 2014-15
  • Floyd M. Melton III, Greenwood, Miss. • 2013-14
  • Colette A. Oldmixon, Poplarville, Miss. • 2012-13
  • Robert R. Bailess, Vicksburg, Miss. • 2011-12
  • William C. Trotter III, Belzoni, Miss. • 2010-11
  • Aleita S. Fitch, Holly Springs, Miss. • 2009-10
  • William T. May, Meridian, Miss. • 2008-09
  • Al Povall, Jr., Oxford, Miss. • 2007-08
  • Robert Jackson, Sr., Hattiesburg, Miss. • 2006-07
  • Walker W. “Bill” Jones, Jackson, Miss. • 2005-06
  • Marjorie T. Matlock, Oxford, Miss. • 2004-05
  • David O. McCormick, Pascagoula, Miss. • 2003-04
  • C. York Craig, Jr., Jackson, Miss. • 2002-03
  • Richard G. Noble, Indianola, Miss. • 2001-02
  • H. A. Moore III, Hattiesburg, Miss. • 2000-01
  • John A. Crawford, Jackson, Miss. • 1999-2000
  • E. Josh Bogen, Jr., Oxford, Miss. • 1998-99
  • Billie J. Graham, Laurel, Miss. • 1997-98
  • Robert B. Prather, Columbus, Miss. (president-elect; deceased) • 1997
  • Raymond L. Brown, Pascagoula, Miss. • 1996-97
  • John M. McCullouch, Jackson, Miss. • 1995-96
  • D. Briggs Smith, Jr., Batesville, Miss. • 1994-95
  • Landman J. Teller, Jr., Vicksburg, Miss. (deceased) • 1993-94
  • Donnie D. Riley, Gulfport, Miss. • 1992-93
  • Guy W. Mitchell, III, Tupelo, Miss. • 1991-92
  • Jay A. Travis, III, Jackson, Miss. • 1990-91
  • Brooke Ferris, III, Memphis, Tenn. • 1989-90
  • Roy C. Williams, Pascagoula, Miss. • 1988-89
  • George P. Cossar, Jr., Charleston, Miss. • 1987-88
  • William J. Gunn, Jr., Meridian, Miss.(deceased) • 1986-87
  • Roger M. Flynt, Jr., Oxford, Miss. • 1985-86
  • Ray M. Stewart, formerly of Picayune, Miss. (deceased) • 1984-85
  • Edward P. Connell, Clarksdale, Miss.(deceased) • 1983-84
  • Pat H. Scanlon, Jackson, Miss.(deceased) • 1982-83
  • James F. McKenzie, Hattiesburg, Miss. • 1981-82
  • Robert W. Elliott, Ripley, Miss. • 1980-81
  • Herman E. Taylor, Memphis, Tenn. (deceased) • 1979-80
  • C. Eugene McRoberts, Jr., Jackson, Miss. • 1978-79
  • Carl A Megehee, Pascagoula, Miss. • 1977-78
  • Lester F. Sumners, New Albany, Miss. (deceased) • 1976-77
  • W. Emmett Marston, Memphis, Tenn.(deceased) • 1975-76
  • James T. Singley, formerly of Meridian, Miss. (deceased) • 1974-75
  • Sherman L. Muths, Jr., Gulfport, Miss. • 1973-74
  • Ernest W. Graves, Laurel, Miss. (deceased) • 1972-73
  • N.S. Sweat, Jr., Corinth, Miss. (deceased) • 1971-72
  • Edward J. Bogen, Sr., formerly of Greenville, Miss. (deceased) • 1970-71
  • George P. Hewes III, Jackson, Miss. (deceased) • 1969-70
  • Charles D. Fair, formerly of Louisville, Miss. (deceased) • 1968-69
  • James N. Ogden, formerly of Mobile, Ala. (deceased) • 1967-68
  • Chester H. Curtis, Clarksdale, Miss. (deceased) • 1966-67
  • William F. Winter, Jackson, Miss. • 1965-66
  • Hugh N. Clayton, New Albany, Miss. (deceased) • 1964-65
  • Forrest G. Cooper, formerly of Indianola, Miss. (deceased) • 1963-64
  • Gaston H. Hewes, formerly of Gulfport, Miss. (deceased) • 1962-63
  • Joe H. Daniel, Jackson, Miss. (deceased) • 1961-62
  • Curtis M. Swango, Jr., formerly of Sardis, Miss. (deceased) • 1960-61
  • Hugh V. Wall, formerly of Brookhaven, Miss. (deceased) • 1959-60
  • Stokes V. Robertson, Sr., formerly of Jackson, Miss. (deceased) • 1958-59