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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

Faculty Highlights – September 2019

The University of Mississippi School of Law's Air and Space program stayed in the news during a discussion of crime in space. Slate and The Verge spoke with Michelle Hanlon…Continued

Faculty Highlights – August 2019

Professor of Law, Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government, and Faculty Athletics Representative Ron Rychlak oversaw the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS), in Boca…Continued

Faculty Highlights – July 2019

Michelle Hanlon, air and space law instructor, research counsel and associate director of the Center for Air and Space Law, was featured in an article by Politico earlier this month.…Continued

Faculty Highlights – June 2019

Michelle Hanlon, air and space law instructor, research counsel and associate director of the Center for Air and Space Law, has been appointed Chair of the International Committee of the…Continued

Macey Edmondson Honored for Student Service with the University’s Access Award

OXFORD, Miss. - Each year, University of Mississippi students who utilize Student Disability Services recognize faculty and staff members who go above and beyond in their support of students with…Continued