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Symposium on Opioid Crisis Brings Law and Pharmacy Together

OXFORD, Miss. – More than 115 people die each day in the United States from opioid overdoses, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. These statistics constitute a crisis,…Continued

UM Schools of Law and Pharmacy to Host Symposium on Opioid Crisis

OXFORD, Miss. - The School of Law collaborated with the School of Pharmacy to host an education symposium October 5 on An Interprofessional Approach to the Opioid Crisis in Mississippi. The event…Continued

School of Law Introduces Living-Learning Community

OXFORD, Miss. – Ten freshmen at the University of Mississippi will begin their legal education early through the School of Law Living-Learning Community. This is the inaugural year of the program, which will…Continued

Faculty Highlights – October 2018

Senior Associate Dean Ben Cooper spoke at the 2018 Appellate Advocacy Seminar sponsored by the Bar Association of the 5th Federal Circuit, Ole Miss Law School and Mississippi College School…Continued

UM Law Graduates Pass Mississippi Bar Exam Well Above State Average

OXFORD, Miss. – Graduates of the University of Mississippi School of Law who were first-time takers of the Mississippi Bar Examination passed at a rate of 73.7 percent for the July 2018…Continued

Faculty Highlights – September 2018

Associate Dean for Clinical Programs Tucker Carrington will be part of a panel discussion at NYU titled "Criminal Injustice: Junk Science, Wrongful Convictions, and Race" Sept. 12. Associate Professor of…Continued

The UM School of Law Announces New Air and Space Law Directors

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Law has two new faculty members with a wealth of experience to lead its groundbreaking education and research program in air…Continued

UM Law School to Host Originalism Debate in Constitution Day Observance

OXFORD, Miss. – On Sept. 17, 231 years ago, delegates who had been meeting in Philadelphia that summer made their work public, signing the U.S. Constitution and proposing it for…Continued

UM Law Professor Ron Rychlak to Lead National Academic Organization

[caption id="attachment_23184" align="alignleft" width="250"] Ron Rychlak Law Faculty....Photo by Harry Briscoe[/caption] OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi law professor will lead an organization representing more than 100 institutions as…Continued

PILF Awards Summer Stipends

The Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) at the University of Mississippi School of Law awarded stipends to several students participating in public interest work this summer. Each year, PILF hosts…Continued

Faculty Highlights – August 2018

Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Macey Edmondson was named president-elect of the National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals. Professor of Law Michael Hoffheimer's "The Stealth Revolution in Personal Jurisdiction" appears…Continued

UM Law Student Selected as ABA Liaison

Rising 2L Anne Karen Tolbert has been selected as the 2018-2019 Student Liaison for the American Bar Association Forum on Air & Space Law. Tolbert is currently enrolled in the…Continued