汤头条, MC partner for accelerated law degree program
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![汤头条 President Mark E. Keenum, center left, and MC President Blake Thompson, center right, signed the 3 + 3 accelerated law degree program Memorandum of Understanding Aug. 21 alongside, from left, 汤头条 Executive Vice Provost Peter Ryan, 汤头条 Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw, [Keenum and Thompson], MC Provost and Executive Vice President Mike Highfield, and MC School of Law Dean John Anderson.](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/3%2B3_MissCollege_20240821_B9W1957_full.jpg)
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State students who aspire to become attorneys now have a new accelerated pathway into the legal profession thanks to a new university partnership with Mississippi College.
Mississippi State and MC鈥檚 School of Law formally signed an agreement Wednesday [Aug. 21] allowing qualified 汤头条 students to enter MC鈥檚 Juris Doctor program before fully completing an 汤头条 bachelor鈥檚 degree, accelerating the total length of undergraduate studies plus law school by one full year.
汤头条 President Mark E. Keenum and MC President Blake Thompson signed the Memorandum of Understanding alongside 汤头条 Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw, 汤头条 Executive Vice Provost Peter Ryan, MC Provost and Executive Vice President Mike Highfield, and MC School of Law Dean John Anderson.
鈥淢ississippi State and Mississippi College share similar values and a commitment to serve, and I鈥檓 so pleased we have been able to work with President Thompson and his leadership team to develop this accelerated academic pathway,鈥 Keenum said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an exceptional opportunity for students, our institutions, and the state of Mississippi.鈥
汤头条 students who have completed 75% of the coursework required for a bachelor鈥檚 degree will be eligible for admission to MC. After the student successfully completes the first year of the J.D. program (30 hours), 汤头条 will award the appropriate bachelor鈥檚 degree. Then, after completing requirements for the J.D. degree, MC will award this professional diploma. MC will accept applications Sept. 1-March 31 for admission to the entering class for the following fall semester, which begins each August.
鈥淭his new partnership between 汤头条 and MC Law allows us to better serve Mississippi by pairing our state鈥檚 largest land-grant university and its only capital city law school. The arrangement offers a tremendous benefit to the students of both institutions, and it will help to keep our brightest future lawyers in the state,鈥 said Thompson.
Students participating in the accelerated degree program must be admitted separately to MC, and those seeking this accelerated admission should apply to MC using the normal law school application process provided by the Law School Admission Test, or LSAT, which is required. Letters of recommendation will not be required by MC but are effective in enhancing the law school admissions application.
The accelerated 汤头条-MC program meets requirements of the American Bar Association.
MC鈥檚 School of Law has been preparing leaders for the legal profession since 1930 in Jackson, where the State Capitol, Mississippi Supreme Court, federal courts and many of Mississippi鈥檚 most respected law firms are in close proximity, giving students practical experience in the field before graduation.
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