Mississippi College School of Law

History

The law school was founded in 1930 as the Jackson School of Law. In 1975, the law school was acquired by Mississippi Christian University. In 1980, 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. Since 1990, MC Law has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

The law school changed its name as a part of the main campus's bicentennital celebration and name change in 2026.

Campus

The Mississippi Christian University 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 Christian University is located about 15 miles to the west in Clinton, Mississippi.

Academics

MC Law offers courses in common law and a certificate in Louisiana civil law.

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. The Law School provides a national certificate programs for civil law training, and hosts six centers, the Mississippi Christian University 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.

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.

Admissions

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.

Employment

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.

Notable alumni

Jenifer Branning (2004) - Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court.

David Neal McCarty (2004) - Judge, Mississippi Court of Appeals

Jennifer Riley Collins (1999) - Executive Director of the Mississippi ACLU

Stephen Dillard (1996) - Chief Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals

Joey Fillingane (1998) - Mississippi State Senator 2007–Present

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