University of Mississippi School of Law: Difference between revisions

|established = {{start date|1854}}

|dean = SusanFrederick DuncanG. Slabach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/susanfrederick-duncang-slabach/ |title = Frederick G. Slabach {{!}} School of Law {{!}} Ole Miss|website=law.olemiss.edu}}</ref>

|ranking = 98th120th (tie) (2024)<ref>[{{cite web |title=University of Mississippi |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/lawuniversity-of-mississippi-main-campus-03088 |website=U.S. News & World Report – Best Law Schools |access-rankings]date=11 April 2024}}</ref>

|website = [{{URL|http://law.olemiss.edu law.olemiss.edu]}}

The '''University of Mississippi School of Law''', also known as '''Ole Miss Law''', is an [[American Bar Association|ABA]]-accredited law school located on the campus of the [[University of Mississippi]] in [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]], [[Mississippi]]. The School of Law offers the only dedicated [[Space law|aerospace law]] curriculum in the United States from an ABA-accredited school. The University of Mississippi School of Law is also the only school in the United States, and one of only a handful in the world, to offer a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Air and Space Law.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://law.olemiss.edu/academics-programs/llm/|title = Program in Air and Space Law &#124; School of Law &#124; Ole Miss}}</ref>

The University of Mississippi School of Law was founded in 1854 by the [[Mississippi Legislature|state legislature]] after recognizing a need for formal law instruction in the state of Mississippi. The "Department of Law," as it was then referred to, consisted of seven students and one professor. The School of Law has had seven homes over the course of its history. Classes were originally held in the [[Lyceum-The Circle Historic District|Lyceum]], the oldest building on the University of Mississippi campus. Shortly before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the then-Department of Law was relocated to a building close to Oxford Square. The Universityuniversity agreed to lease the building in order to prevent the owner from filing from bankruptcy. This agreement lasted until the start of the Civil War in 1861 when most of the law school's students volunteered to serve in the [[Military of the Confederate States of America|Confederate military]]. When the school reopened in 1866, it was again relocated to a building that occupied the current site of Peabody Hall. The law school closed a second time in 1876, as there were no law students during the latter years of [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]]. In 1911, classes were moved to Ventress Hall, which was then known as Lamar Hall, named after famed Mississippian and former professor of law [[Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II|L.Q.C. Lamar]]. The "Department of Law" officially became the "School of Law" in 1921. Ten years later, the law school moved to the building now known as Farley Hall. It remained here until 1978 when it was moved to Lamar Law Center. In January 2011, the School of Law moved a sixth time to the newly constructed Robert C. Khayat Law Center.<ref name="history">{{cite book

The School of Law has a faculty of 34 full-time and adjunct professors with expertise in various areas of practice. The student-faculty ratio is 18.2:1.<ref>http://officialguide.lsac.org/SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/ABA_LawSchoolData/ABA1840.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The School of Law moved into a newly constructed building (the Robert C. Khayat Law Center) in January 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://law.olemiss.edu/pdfs/Law%20Delay%20Release.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-07-16 |archive-date=2010-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609200843/http://www.law.olemiss.edu/pdfs/Law%20Delay%20Release.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.olemiss.edu/UMLAWSpr08/umlawyer/features_building.html|title=UMLawyer • Building the Future|publisher=Law.olemiss.edu|access-date=2010-07-17}}</ref>

The law school is home to five auxiliary law programs: [https://airandspacelaw.olemiss.edu/the Center for Air and Space Law], the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law, the Mississippi Innocence Project, the Mississippi Law Research Institute, and the Mississippi Judicial College. The law school also offers a number of clinical programs, including clinics in Child Advocacy, Criminal Appeals, Elder Law, Housing, Mediation Practicum, Legislation & Policy, Tax Practicum, Street Law, and Transactional Law. The MacArthur Justice Clinic, a branch of the program at Northwestern University School of Law, opened in the fall of 2014.

* [https://airandspacelaw.olemiss.edu/journal-of-space-law/ Journal of Space Law]

*[[Paul B. Johnson, Jr.]] (LLB 1940), Former Governor of Mississippi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/621/000168117/ |title=Paul B. Johnson, Jr. |publisher=nndb.com |access-date=2010-07-24}}</ref>

*[[William L. Waller, Jr.]] (JD 1977), Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23526&Itemid=60&date=2008-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716131919/http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23526&Itemid=60&date=2008-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-16 |title=Former Miss. governor to speak at MSU libraries |publisher=Starkville Daily News |date=2007-09-30 |access-date=2010-07-17}}</ref>

*[[George C. Carlson, Jr.]] (JD 1972), Presiding Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/appellate_courts/sc/bios/justicecarlson.html |title=State of Mississippi Judiciary - Supreme Court |publisher=Mssc.state.ms.us |access-date=2010-07-17}}</ref>

*[[Boyce Holleman]] (JD 1950), American war veteran, attorney, politician, and actor<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msbar.org/admin/spotimages/140.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-07-17 |archive-date=2011-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720104222/https://www.msbar.org/admin/spotimages/140.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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