When is a Public Official’s Social Media Private? Prof. Green Offers Analysis
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up two cases Tuesday (Oct. 31) to answer a new question regarding Americans’ First Amendment rights: Can elected officials block their constituents on social…Continued
Prof. Rychlak to Study Mobile-Online Sports Betting for State Committee
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann has appointed University of Mississippi law professor Ronald Rychlak to the state’s first mobile-online sports betting task force. House Bill 606, which passed by overwhelming vote in March, decreed that…Continued
Professor Hanlon Calls for Ethical Approach to Human Experiments in Space
University of Mississippi law professor Michelle Hanlon co-authored an article published in the journal Science that offers best practices for human research in space. Each time astronauts venture into space provides…Continued
Michelle Hanlon Named Space Activist of the Year by National Space Society
Michelle Hanlon, Executive Director of the Center for Air and Space Law and Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Mississippi School of Law, has been awarded the 2023 Chris…Continued
Professor Farish Percy Elected Fellow of American College of Coverage Counsel
Farish Percy, University of Mississippi School of Law Professor of Law and Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government, has been elected as a Fellow of the American College…Continued
Gershon Presents Top Five Code Sections That Should Not Exist At Alabama
From Tax Prof Blog: Richard Gershon (Mississippi) presented Top Five Code Sections That Should Not Exist at Alabama this week: As a fan of the strange and unusual, I am a fan of…Continued
MacArthur Center Director Cliff Johnson Files Complaint with Judicial Commission
The Mississippi head of a legal advocacy organization has filed a formal complaint with the state judicial commission against a municipal judge whose no-knock search warrants have been challenged in…Continued
Sandra Cox-McCarty Named UM Staff Member of the Month
OXFORD, Miss. — Sandra Cox-McCarty, associate dean for administration and diversity initiatives, has been named Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for June. To help us get to know…Continued
Dean Susan Duncan’s Gift Supports School of Law Fund
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi law student Ethan Booker, of Oxford, is spending his summer working with the Queens District Attorney’s Office-Homicide Unit in New York, an opportunity made possible by…Continued
Curtis Flowers Defense Team Receives Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award
UM Law’s Innocence Project has represented Flowers since 2015 This week, the Southern Center for Human Rights awarded the Curtis Flowers defense team, which includes the George C. Cochran Innocence…Continued
UM Law Faculty Serve on ABA Reading Group to Evaluate Qualifications of Supreme Court Nominee
OXFORD, Miss. - Twelve University of Mississippi School of Law professors just completed service as part of a reading group for the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal…Continued
Faculty Highlights – October 2019
Butler Snow Lecturer and Professor of Law Mercer Bullard has his article "Crowdfunding's Culture of Noncompliance: An Empirical Analysis" accepted for publication in the Lewis & Clark Law Review. The…Continued