Mississippi College School of Law
| Mississippi College School of Law |
|
|---|---|
| Motto | Motion to succeed |
| Parent school | Mississippi College |
| Established | 1930 |
| School type | Private |
| Parent endowment | $44 million [5] |
| Dean | Interim Dean Patricia Bennett |
| Location |
Jackson, Mississippi, US 32°18′11″N 90°11′14″W / 32.302952°N 90.187332°WCoordinates: 32°18′11″N 90°11′14″W / 32.302952°N 90.187332°W |
| Enrollment | 554 (FT) |
| Faculty | 25 (FT & Deans, etc)/10 (PT) |
| Bar pass rate | 83% (July 2012) |
| Website | law |
| ABA profile | Mississippi College School of Law |
Mississippi College School of Law is an American Bar Association accredited law school and is the only law school in Jackson, Mississippi. The school is a professional school of Mississippi College, founded in 1826. It is also colloquially referred to as MC Law, or MC Law School. It is not ranked in the annual 2016 US News and World Report law school ranking, which put it in the bottom 25% of US law schools.
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, subsequent to the merger between Mississippi College and the law school, MC Law gained full ABA accreditation. MC Law is one of two law schools in the state of Mississippi, and the only law school in the capital, Jackson. MC Law is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
The Mississippi College School of Law is located in the heart of the historic sector of downtown Jackson, within walking distance of City Hall, the Mississippi Supreme Court, the Federal District Courts, the Governor’s Mansion, and a number of government and private law firm offices.
In December 2005, MC Law completed a massive 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 30 miles to the west in Clinton, Mississippi.
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