Mississippi College School of Law

Joint degrees awarded: J.D./M.B.A.

Student activities: Students publish the Law Review, write comments & case notes. The Moot Court Board administers our appellate advocacy competition & serves on national moot court teams. Others: Honor Court, Black Law Students Assn, Christian Legal Society, Phi Delta Phi, Environmental Law Assn, Federalists Society, Student Bar Assn, PAD, Delta Theta Phi, Women's Bar Assn, Trial & Defense Lawyers Assns.

Address: 151 East Griffith Street, Jackson, MS 39201

University of Mississippi School of Law

Joint degrees awarded: N/A

Student activities: Mississippi Law Journal, Space Law Journal, Moot Court Board, LSSB, BLSA, Christian Legal Society, Environmental Law Society, Federalist Society, Law Association for Women, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Delta Phi, Delta Theta Phi, PILC, International Law Society, Health Law Association, OUTLAW

Address: 481 Coliseum Drive, Oxford, MS 38655

Before you can study in any of the above 2 law programs in Mississippi, you will need to take the Law School Admissions Test. The exam dates throughout the year are also provided on the site.

Mississippi Overview

Mississippi, a state of the Southern United States; 125,060 km², 2.97 million residents (2010). Capital and largest city: Jackson. Enlisted in the Union in 1817 as the 20th State. Nickname: The Magnolia State.

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In terms of income and standard of living, Mississippi is among the most disadvantaged states in the United States. A quarter of the population lives below the official poverty line, and both child mortality and illiteracy are, albeit declining, higher than in other states. Poverty is most prevalent among blacks who, after great emigration to northern industrial cities such as St. Louis and Chicago make up 35% of the population. Just over half of the inhabitants belong to the rural population, while the rest resides in small and medium-sized towns. The second largest urban area is Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula on the Gulf of Mexico.

From the 1800s. and up to World War II, the economy was mainly cotton-based. Since then, production has become more versatile, at the same time as agriculture has lost ground both financially and employment. However, it remains of great importance, among other things. as a supplier of raw materials for the textile and food industry. The main products are chickens and beef cattle, cotton, soy, rice and corn. The number of holdings has decreased, but the agricultural area remains unchanged one third of the state's land. The rest is mainly occupied by deciduous and pine forests, which among other things. forms the basis for the paper and furniture industry. In addition, the chemical, oil and natural gas, fishing and fast-growing electronics industries are located in Jackson.

Attractions include Vicksburg National Military Park and other historic theme parks. Blues lovers visit cities such as Greenville and Clarksdale that are considered Mecca of the original Delta Blues.

The landscape consists mainly of a low-lying, fertile coastal plain that is flooded by rivers, many of which are tributaries to the Mississippi to the west. On the coast are sandy beaches and species-rich birding sites. The climate is rainy and mostly temperate with average temperatures of 8-10 ° C in January. and 26-28 ° C in July.

Mississippi, like neighboring Louisiana, was severely hit by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Particularly severe was the damage to the coastline from Biloxi to Gulfport, where a tidal wave destroyed about 90% of the buildings and 126 people lost their lives.

History

Spanish explorers during the Soto explored around 1540 the area inhabited by, among others. choctaw and chickasaw indians; from approx. In 1670, French invaded the north. In 1682, France claimed the entire Mississippi Valley, and from 1699 Biloxi was the first permanent settlement. Near New Orleans, in 1763, French possessions were surrendered to the British, who in 1783 transferred them to the United States; a Spanish-occupied area first came under the United States upon the creation of the Mississippi Territory in 1798. After several boundary changes, the western portion in 1817 was admitted as a state of the United States; two years later, the eastern part was admitted as the state of Alabama. With the establishment of slave-based cotton plantations in the 1820s, the Native Americans were displaced, and as one of the most prominent slave states, Mississippi withdrew from the United States in 1861 and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War 1861-65; In 1870 the state was re-established in the Union. The following hundred years were marked by the racial segregation that was enshrined in the state constitution in 1890, and until the 1960s Mississippi was the epitome of "The Deep South."