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{{Short description|Law school in Jackson, Mississippi, US}} |
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| name = Mississippi College<br/>School of Law |
| name = Mississippi College<br/>School of Law |
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| type = [[Private university|Private]] |
| type = [[Private university|Private]] |
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| endowment = |
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| parent endowment= $ |
| parent endowment= $89.2 Million <ref>{{cite web |url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/mississippi-college/ |title= Data|website=datausa.io |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref> |
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| head = John P. Anderson |
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| city = [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] |
| city = [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] |
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| state = [[Mississippi]] |
| state = [[Mississippi]] |
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| country = US |
| country = US |
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| coordinates = {{coord|32.302952|N|90.187332|W|region:US_type:edu_source:placeopedia|display=inline,title}} |
| coordinates = {{coord|32.302952|N|90.187332|W|region:US_type:edu_source:placeopedia|display=inline,title}} |
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| students = 432 (FT)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mississippi College School of Law Makes List of Nation’s Top Legal Education Institutions |url=https://www.mc.edu/news/mississippi-college-school-law-makes-list-nations-top-legal-education-institutions |website=mc.edu |publisher=Mississippi College |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> |
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| students = 554 (FT) |
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| ranking = 168th (tie) (2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mississippi College Best Law Schools |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/mississippi-college-03087 |publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> |
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| faculty = 25 (FT |
| faculty = 25 (FT) 10 (PT) |
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| bar pass rate = 75.61% (ultimate 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mississippi College Ultimate Bar Passage 2021 |url=https://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/BarPassageOutcomes.aspx |website=abarequireddisclosures.org |publisher=[[American Bar Association]] |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> |
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| bar pass rate = 83% (July 2012)<ref name="lsac.org">{{cite web|url=https://officialguide.lsac.org/Release/error.htm?aspxerrorpath=/Release/SchoolsABAData/SchoolPage/SchoolPage_Info/ABA_LawSchoolData.aspx|title=Error|website=officialguide.lsac.org|access-date=2020-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101161120/https://officialguide.lsac.org/Release/error.htm?aspxerrorpath=%2FRelease%2FSchoolsABAData%2FSchoolPage%2FSchoolPage_Info%2FABA_LawSchoolData.aspx|archive-date=2020-01-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| annual tuition = $29,150 (FT); |
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| website = {{URL|http://law.mc.edu/}} |
| website = {{URL|http://law.mc.edu/}} |
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| aba profile = [http://www.lsac.org/officialguide-2013/lsac_1332.asp Mississippi College School of Law] |
| aba profile = [http://www.lsac.org/officialguide-2013/lsac_1332.asp Mississippi College School of Law] |
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'''Mississippi College School of Law''' is an [[American Bar Association]] accredited [[law school]]. MC Law is one of |
'''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|Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. The school is a professional school of [[Mississippi College]], founded in 1826.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings?int=a1d108 |title=Best Law School Rankings | Law Program Rankings | US News |access-date=2016-02-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221749/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings?int=a1d108 |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/rankings-faq|title=Ranking|website=www.usnews.com |format=PDF|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The law school was founded in 1930 as the Jackson School of Law. |
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 [[American Bar Association|ABA]] accreditation.<ref name=ABA509>{{cite web |title=Mississippi College Standard 509 Information Report |url=https://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/Disclosure509.aspx |website=abarequireddisclosures.org |publisher=American Bar Association |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web |title=Member Schools |url=https://www.aals.org/member-schools/ |website=aals.org |publisher=[[Association of American Law Schools]] |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> |
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On May 15, 2020, the council of the [[American Bar Association|American Bar Association’s]] Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar met remotely and determined this school and nine others had significant noncompliance with Standard 316.<ref name=ABA2020>{{cite web|url= https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legal-ed-posts-public-notice-for-schools-out-of-compliance-with-bar-passage-standard?utm_source=salesforce_216248&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=salesforce_216248&sc_sid=00954663&utm_campaign=&promo=&utm_content=&additional4=&additional5=&sfmc_j=216248&sfmc_s=46716697&sfmc_l=1527&sfmc_jb=141&sfmc_mid=100027443&sfmc_u=7034218 |title=10 law schools are out of compliance with bar passage standard, ABA legal ed section says|publisher=Stephanie Francis Ward, ABA Journal, May 28, 2020|accessdate=May 30, 2020}}</ref> This Standard was revised in 2019 to provide that at least 75% of an accredited law school’s graduates who took a bar exam must pass one within two years of graduation.<ref name=ABA2020 /> The school has been asked to submit a report by Feb. 1, 2021; and, if the council does not find the report demonstrates compliance, the school will be asked to appear before the council at its May, 2021 meeting.<ref name=ABA2020 /> |
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==Campus== |
==Campus== |
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The |
The Mississippi College School of Law is located in the historic sector of downtown [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], within walking distance of City Hall, the [[Mississippi Supreme Court]], the Federal District Courts, and the Governor’s Mansion. |
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In December 2005, MC Law completed a |
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]]. |
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==Academics== |
==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.<ref name=ABA509/> The average age at enrollment is 25.7. 59 colleges and universities are represented, along with 16 states. |
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MC Law offers courses in [[common law]] and a certificate in Louisiana [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://law.mc.edu/academics/courses/ |title=Mississippi College School of Law :: Available Courses by Subject Matter |access-date=2013-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309050907/http://law.mc.edu/academics/courses/ |archive-date=2013-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://law.mc.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/ |title= |
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://law.mc.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/ |title=Mississippi College School of Law :: Meet the Faculty |access-date=2013-01-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218004100/http://law.mc.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/ |archive-date=2012-12-18 }} MC Law: Faculty and Staff Profiles</ref> 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. |
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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. |
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==Employment== |
==Employment== |
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According to MC Law's official |
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mississippi College Employment Summary for 2021 Graduates |url=https://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/EmploymentOutcomes.aspx |website=abarequireddisclosures.org |publisher=American Bar Association |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> |
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==Costs== |
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Fall/Spring (30 HRS.) |
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Tuition $32,040 |
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Fees $1,590 |
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Books & Supplies $1,500 |
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Room & Board $12,375 |
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Transportation $3,600 |
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Personal/Misc. $4,050 |
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Total $55,155<ref>{{cite web |url=http://law.mc.edu/prospective-students/tuition-and-financial-aid/ |title=Tuition and Financial Aid |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111021212/http://law.mc.edu/prospective-students/tuition-and-financial-aid/ |archivedate=2016-01-11 }}</ref> |
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==2014 entering class== |
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*'''Enrollment''' : 151 |
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*'''High LSAT''' : 164 |
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*'''Median LSAT : 147 |
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*'''GPA Median''' : 3.10 |
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*'''Average Age''' : 26 |
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*'''Women''' : 41% |
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*'''Minorities''' : 26% |
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*'''Out of State students''' : 36% |
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*'''Undergraduate Schools Represented''' : 53 |
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==Notable alumni== |
==Notable alumni== |
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*[[Jenifer Branning]] |
*[[Jenifer Branning]] (2004) - Republican member of the [[Mississippi State Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jenifer B. Branning|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/branning.xml|website=Mississippi State Senate|access-date=February 9, 2016}}</ref> |
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*[[Jennifer Riley Collins]] |
*[[Jennifer Riley Collins]] (1999) - Executive Director of the Mississippi [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Mississippi ACLU Head Jennifer Riley-Collins Announces Run for Attorney General|url=https://yallpolitics.com/2019/02/15/mississippi-aclu-head-jennifer-riley-collins-announces-run-for-attorney-general/|website=yallpolitics.com|access-date=February 17, 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Stephen Dillard]] |
*[[Stephen Dillard]] (1996) - Chief Judge of the [[Georgia Court of Appeals]] |
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*[[Joey Fillingane]] |
*[[Joey Fillingane]] (1998) - Mississippi State Senator 2007–Present <ref>{{cite web|title=Joey Fillingane|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Joey_Fillingane|website=Ballotpedia|access-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fillngane Law Firm|url=http://fillinganelawfirm.com/|website=FillinganeLawFirm.com|access-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> |
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*[[Robert Hurt (Virginia politician)|Robert Hurt]] |
*[[Robert Hurt (Virginia politician)|Robert Hurt]] (1995) - member, [[United States House of Representatives]] for Virginia’s 5th District 2012–2017 |
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*[[L. Joseph Lee]] '73 - Chief Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals from 2011-2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://courts.ms.gov/appellatecourts/coa/bios/judgelee.php|title=State of Mississippi Judiciary|website=courts.ms.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Lee|title=Joseph Lee|website=Ballotpedia}}</ref> |
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*Rebecca Tedford Partington '86 - Deputy of the [[Rhode Island]] Attorney General's Civil Rights Division (1996-2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20200213/she-came-from-deep-south-and-became-rockrsquo-in-ri-attorney-generalrsquos-office|title=She came from the Deep South and became a ‘rock’ in the R.I. attorney general’s office}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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[[Category:Education in Jackson, Mississippi]] |
[[Category:Education in Jackson, Mississippi]] |
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[[Category:1930 establishments in Mississippi]] |
[[Category:1930 establishments in Mississippi]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:23, 25 October 2024
Mississippi College School of Law | |
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Motto | Motion to succeed |
Parent school | Mississippi College |
Established | 1930 |
School type | Private |
Parent endowment | $89.2 Million [1] |
Dean | John P. Anderson |
Location | Jackson, Mississippi, US 32°18′11″N 90°11′14″W / 32.302952°N 90.187332°W |
Enrollment | 432 (FT)[2] |
Faculty | 25 (FT) 10 (PT) |
USNWR ranking | 168th (tie) (2024)[3] |
Bar pass rate | 75.61% (ultimate 2021)[4] |
Website | law |
ABA profile | Mississippi 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Jenifer Branning (2004) - Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate.[12]
- Jennifer Riley Collins (1999) - Executive Director of the Mississippi ACLU[13]
- Stephen Dillard (1996) - Chief Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals
- Joey Fillingane (1998) - Mississippi State Senator 2007–Present [14][15]
- Robert Hurt (1995) - member, United States House of Representatives for Virginia’s 5th District 2012–2017
- Amy Tuck (1989) - Lieutenant Governor, Mississippi
- William F. Winter - Former Governor of Mississippi, honorary degree [16]
See also
[edit]- Mississippi College main campus in Clinton, Mississippi
References
[edit]- ^ "Data". datausa.io. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Mississippi College School of Law Makes List of Nation's Top Legal Education Institutions". mc.edu. Mississippi College. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Mississippi College Best Law Schools". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Mississippi College Ultimate Bar Passage 2021". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Best Law School Rankings | Law Program Rankings | US News". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ "Ranking" (PDF). www.usnews.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^ a b "Mississippi College Standard 509 Information Report". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Member Schools". aals.org. Association of American Law Schools. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Mississippi College School of Law :: Available Courses by Subject Matter". Archived from the original on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Mississippi College Employment Summary for 2021 Graduates". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Jenifer B. Branning". Mississippi State Senate. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Mississippi ACLU Head Jennifer Riley-Collins Announces Run for Attorney General". yallpolitics.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ^ "Joey Fillingane". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Fillngane Law Firm". FillinganeLawFirm.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". MSTop50.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.