3L Senators
Tanner Cohen
Tanner Cohen is a third-year student serving as senator for the 3L class for the 2024-2025 year. Tanner is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and graduated cum laude from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in sociology. He served on various committees as a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
Following his first year of law school, Tanner worked for Ben Bowden, PC, a Gulfport litigation attorney. After his second year of law school, Tanner worked for Memphis Title Company and also served as a clerk to the Honorable Judge Gary Bergosh in The First Judicial Circuit of Florida. Tanner plans on graduating May 2025.
Matthew Hennington
Matthew Hennington serves as a 3L Senator for the 2024-2025 academic year. Matthew is a native of Union, Mississippi, and attended The University of West Alabama where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and minors in both history and political science.
Matthew currently serves as an Executive Articles Editor for Volume 94 of the Mississippi Law Journal. He will participate in the MacArthur Justice Clinic during the spring of 2025 and is involved in various other campus organizations. After his first year of law school, Matthew worked as a Summer Law Clerk for Glover, Young, Hammack, Walton and Simmons, a law firm in Meridian, Mississippi, during the first half of summer. He then attended the Cambridge Study Abroad Program from July 2023 to August 2023. Matthew again returned to Meridian in the summer following his second year of law school where he worked as a Summer Intern for The McNair Firm. Matthew plans on graduating in May of 2025.
Jayde Toncrey
Jayde Toncrey is a third-year student serving as a 3L senator. Jayde was born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Jayde attended the University of Mississippi for his undergraduate degree. While at the University of Mississippi, Jayde held many leadership roles in the community such as Deputy Attorney General of Justice, Judicial Board Member, and Elections Commissioner. Jayde graduated with a degree in political science with an emphasis in courts and law and a minor in history.
During his law school tenure, Jayde has served in positions for various organizations such as the Federalist Society, the Intellectual Property Law Society, the ASB, and the Trial Advocacy team. Jayde plans on graduating in 2025.
2L Senators
Bryce Davis
ryce Davis is a second-year law student and serves as a Senator of the Student Bar Association. He graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL with a degree in Criminal Justice. While pursuing his degree, Bryce volunteered with underfunded schools in Orlando, and gave his time assisting with domestic violence shelters in the area.
Bryce spent his summer after 1L with St. Jude/ALSAC in Memphis, TN and Lanier Ford in Huntsville, AL.
Bryce is a member of the Trial Advocacy Board, Phi Delta Phi and the Senate, and is expected to graduate in 2026.
Kennedy Guest
Kennedy Guest is a second-year law student and serves as a Student Bar Association Senator for his class. Kennedy is a native of Brandon, Mississippi and a graduate of Brandon High School and Mississippi State University.
At Mississippi State, Guest served as Student Body President and Vice President and as Treasurer of his fraternity. While Student Body President, Guest further served as the President of the Student Body Presidents Council, representing over 75,000 students at 9 public institutions in the state. Guest also received the Spirit of State Award for exceptional contribution to student life and was named a Stephen D. Lee Scholar for achieving a 4.0 undergraduate grade point average.
Drayton Purvis
Drayton Purvis is a second-year student and serves as 2L Senator for the Student Bar Association for 2024-2025. Drayton is a native of Columbia, MS and obtained an Bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi in Political Science.
Drayton currently serves as Staff Editor in the Mississippi Law Journal and is also a member of the Dean’s Leadership Counsel’s professional development team. Drayton expects to graduate in May 2026.
1L Senators
Delaney Du Lac
Delaney Du Lac is a first year law student and serves as a 1L senator within the Student Bar Association for the 2024-2025 academic year. She is from Fort Walton Beach, Florida and graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.S. in Integrated Public Relations and Advertising with a minor in Political Science. During her time at USF, Delaney served as President of Women in Pre-Law Society, Treasurer of the Florida Public Relations and Advertising Student Chapter, and several positions in Chi Omega.
Delaney earned her undergraduate degree in only two years and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She is the first member of her family to earn a college degree and worked full time while in school. Delaney is honored to represent her class as a 1L Senator.
Rhett Bergin Smith
Rhett graduated from Meridian Community College and Mississippi State University with a degree in political science. For the past year before starting at Ole Miss, he worked in State level politics on the Lt Gov’s reelection campaign and Interned with the senate in Jackson during the last legislative session. When Rhett is not studying he likes to spend time outdoors and travel as much as he can. He work out regularly, reads whatever he can, and ever since Rhett taught canoeing classes as a boy scout working in Georgia, he has always dreamed of owning a canoe of his own.
Brooks Stewart
Brooks Stewart is a first-year law student and serves as a Student Bar Association Senator for his class. Brooks is a native of Madison, Mississippi and a graduate of Madison Central High School and the University of Mississippi.
At the University of Mississippi, Brooks served as the President of his fraternity and the Vice President of the Patterson School of Accountancy. Brooks plans on graduating in 2027.