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 Student to Intern with U.S. Mission to NATO
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi law student is spending the fall semester in Brussels developing her expertise on international law and policy. Anne Karen Tolbert, a second-year student…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
Recent Alumna Selected for Equal Justice Works Fellowship
Recent graduate Brittany Bane (JD 2018) has been selected as a recipient of the 2018 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate fellowships in the…Continued
University Appoints Alumna Erica McKinley as General Counsel
The University of Mississippi has appointed Erica McKinley (JD 1998) as general counsel. McKinley, former chief operating officer for the National Basketball Players Association, is an attorney with nearly 20…Continued