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National Sea Grant Law Center at UM Awarded $300k to Lead Aquaculture Projects

The National Sea Grant Law Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law will advance the sustainability of aquaculture, thanks to recent grants totaling more than $300,000. The National…Continued

Mental Health Awareness Events to be Held Oct. 9-10

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 46.6 million adults in the United States live with mental illness. The University of Mississippi School of Law is recognizing World Mental…Continued

Kemper County, Sheriff and Five Officers Sued Over Jail Suicide by MacArthur Justice Center

Mentally Ill Man Hanged Himself With Shoelaces 14 Minutes After Being Placed Alone in Unmonitored Jail Cell OXFORD, Miss. – Kemper County, Sheriff James Moore, and five correctional officers have…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

Upcoming Conference At UM to Examine History of Mass Incarceration

OXFORD, Miss. – More than 2.2 million people are imprisoned in the United States, a higher rate of incarceration than anywhere else in the industrialized world. On a state level,…Continued

UM Law, Business Schools Launch Concurrent Degree Program

OXFORD, Miss. – For graduates with expertise in both law and business, there's almost no limit on career choices. The University of Mississippi is offering an opportunity for students to…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

Law Alumna Kimberly Russell Helps Put Family First Initiative into Action

OXFORD, Miss. – In Mississippi, nearly 5,000 children are in foster care and of those, 82 percent were brought into custody of Child Protection Services because of neglect. Each year,…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

Inaugural Mississippi Education Law Conference Informs Nearly 100 Participants

OXFORD, Miss. – Conversations about Mississippi charter schools and free speech on campuses were among the highlights of the Mississippi Education Law Conference earlier this month at the University of…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