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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

UM Law Students Selected for Rural Summer Legal Corps

[caption id="attachment_22933" align="alignleft" width="250"] Giselle Rasberry[/caption] [caption id="attachment_22934" align="alignleft" width="250"] Reid Posey[/caption] Ole Miss law students Reid Posey and Giselle Rasberry have been selected as Student Fellows for the Rural…Continued

Annual Celebration Honors Law School’s Pro Bono Initiative

The University of Mississippi School of Law recently hosted the end of the year Pro Bono Initiative (PBI) luncheon. This luncheon recognized both student volunteers and faculty leaders, who participate…Continued

Faculty Highlights – May 2018

Professor Ron Rychlak was interviewed for an episode of “The Pope,” a series that is on CNN. A portion of The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East:…Continued