Clinics, Centers & Institutes in the Law School

We are home to clinics, centers and institutes which provide practical experience and academic training for our law students, as well as educational opportunities and research for the legal community.

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Expand Your Skills Beyond the Classroom

Clinics, centers, and institutes give law students the chance to apply their knowledge in real-world settings, work with experienced faculty and practitioners, and explore specialized areas of law. These opportunities build practical skills, deepen expertise, and create valuable professional connections that prepare students for successful legal careers.

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Learn Law by Practicing it

Our clinics help students gain hands-on experience through in-house Clinical Programs that combine skills training with service. These clinics provide high-quality legal representation to underserved clients while preparing future lawyers with real-world practice, ethical understanding, and a commitment to expanding access to justice.

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Explore our Law Centers and Institutes

Mississippi Law Research Institute

The MLRI is an official advisory law revision, research, and reform agency of the state. We provide unbiased, nonpolitical law research for the Legislature, municipalities, universities, and state agencies.

Center for Air and Space Law

As the trusted source of advice for national and global decision-makers on air and space law matters, the Center for Air and Space Law enjoys a long tradition of excellence in global legal scholarship and practice in the fields of air law, drone law and space law. The Center is committed to nurturing the sustainable development and implementation of pioneering and practical legal solutions to present and future issues facing humanity on Earth, in the air and in space. Keep scrolling below to find information about programs, admissions, media placements, journals, and more.

Mississippi Judicial College

We provide continuing legal judicial education and training for supreme court justices; court of appeal judges; chancery, circuit, county, justice and municipal court judges; youth court judges and referees; and court administrators, court clerks and court reporters.

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