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Mississippi College
School of Law
MottoMotion to succeed
Parent schoolMississippi College
Established1930
School typePrivate
Parent endowment$89.2 Million [1]
DeanJohn P. Anderson
LocationJackson, Mississippi, US
32°18′11″N 90°11′14″W / 32.302952°N 90.187332°W / 32.302952; -90.187332
Enrollment432 (FT)[2]
Faculty25 (FT) 10 (PT)
USNWR ranking168th (tie) (2024)[3]
Bar pass rate75.61% (ultimate 2021)[4]
Websitelaw.mc.edu
ABA profileMississippi College School of Law

Mississippi College School of Law (MC Law or MC Law School) is an American Bar Association accredited law school. MC Law is one of two law schools in the state of Mississippi, and is the only law school in the capital city of Jackson, Mississippi. The school is a professional school of Mississippi College, founded in 1826.[5][6]

History

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The law school was founded in 1930 as the Jackson School of Law. In 1975, the law school was acquired by Mississippi College. In 1980, MC Law gained full ABA accreditation.[7] MC Law is one of two law schools in the state of Mississippi, and the only law school in the capital, Jackson. Since 1990, MC Law has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).[8]

Campus

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The Mississippi College School of Law is located in the historic sector of downtown Jackson, within walking distance of City Hall, the Mississippi Supreme Court, the Federal District Courts, and the Governor’s Mansion.

In December 2005, MC Law completed a construction and renovation project which more than doubled the size of the original campus. A new classroom building was added along with an auditorium building. The Law Library occupies three floors in the Law School’s West Wing, and contains one of the largest Mississippi collections of legal books, journals and microforms including statutes, court reports, digests, encyclopedias, treatises, loose-leaf services, periodicals and government documents. Beginning in 2013, the Law Library is also the repository of the Mississippi Legislature’s video archive footage. The main campus for Mississippi College is located about 15 miles to the west in Clinton, Mississippi.

Academics

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The 2022 entering class had an enrollment of 126, with an LSAT median score of 150 and a median GPA of 3.38.[7] The average age at enrollment is 25.7. 59 colleges and universities are represented, along with 16 states.

MC Law offers courses in common law and a certificate in Louisiana civil law.[9]

MC Law has more than 25 full-time faculty members in all major disciplines of law, with more than 20% of the faculty holding a PhD or equivalent degree, and more than 50% of the faculty with an LL.M. or Masters in a specialized field.[10] The Law School provides a national certificate programs for civil law training, and hosts six centers, the Mississippi College Law Review, and a Moot Court program. The Law School also offers an externship program with more than 50 students at any one time placed in externships, and more than 85% of MC Law students completing an externship or working part-time in the legal field prior to graduation. Since 2010, the Law School has offered a one-year LL.M. degree in U.S. legal studies for students holding law degrees from foreign law programs. In 2020, MC Law students posted a bar passage statistic in the state of Mississippi of higher than 86% first time passage rate.

Each summer, MC Law offers students study abroad programs in France, Cuba, Germany, Mexico, and South Korea. MC Law was one of the first U.S. law schools to offer a program in Cuba.

Employment

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According to MC Law's official 2021 ABA-required disclosures, 69.6% of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment (i.e., as attorneys) within nine months after graduation, and 10.9% were not yet employed in some capacity by that time.[11]

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Data". datausa.io. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  2. ^ "Mississippi College School of Law Makes List of Nation's Top Legal Education Institutions". mc.edu. Mississippi College. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Mississippi College Best Law Schools". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Mississippi College Ultimate Bar Passage 2021". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Best Law School Rankings | Law Program Rankings | US News". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  6. ^ "Ranking" (PDF). www.usnews.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  7. ^ a b "Mississippi College Standard 509 Information Report". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Member Schools". aals.org. Association of American Law Schools. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Mississippi College School of Law :: Available Courses by Subject Matter". Archived from the original on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  10. ^ "Mississippi College School of Law :: Meet the Faculty". Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2013-01-23. MC Law: Faculty and Staff Profiles
  11. ^ "Mississippi College Employment Summary for 2021 Graduates". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Jenifer B. Branning". Mississippi State Senate. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  13. ^ "Mississippi ACLU Head Jennifer Riley-Collins Announces Run for Attorney General". yallpolitics.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  14. ^ "Joey Fillingane". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  15. ^ "Fillngane Law Firm". FillinganeLawFirm.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  16. ^ "Hall of Fame". MSTop50.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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