Mississippi College School of Law

Mississippi College School of Law (MC Law or MC Law School) is the law school of Mississippi College, a private university in Jackson, Mississippi.^[5][6] MC Law is one of two law schools in the state of Mississippi and the only law school in Jackson, the state capital. It is accredited by the American Bar Association.

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]

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.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

For the class entering in 2024, the law school accepted 481 out of 725 applicants (a 66.34% acceptance rate) with 132 of those accepted enrolling, a 27.44% yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who enrolled). Seven students were not included in the acceptance statistics. The class consists of 139 students. The median LSAT score was 150 and the median undergraduate GPA was 3.31. The reported 25th/75th percentile LSAT scores and GPAs were 147/154 and 3.04/3.62.^[11]

According to MC Law's official 2025 ABA-required disclosures, 85% of the Class of 2024 were employed in professional positions with 76% of the class having obtained JD-required employment (i.e., as attorneys) within 10 months after graduation.^[12]

• Jenifer Branning (2004) - Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court.^[13]
• David Neal McCarty (2004) - Judge, Mississippi Court of Appeals
• Jennifer Riley Collins (1999) - Executive Director of the Mississippi ACLU^[14]
• Stephen Dillard (1996) - Chief Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals
• Joey Fillingane (1998) - Mississippi State Senator 2007–Present ^[15][16]
• 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 ^[17]

• Mississippi College main campus in Clinton, Mississippi

• MC Law homepage