The University of Mississippi School of Law announced Friday that the school had joined forces with Millsaps College and William Carey University to allow undergraduates from those schools to earn law degrees in less time through the schools’ new Accelerated Law School Pathway.
Officials signed and formalized the partnership agreements in Hattiesburg and Jackson on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
The school said the Accelerated Law School Pathway provides a plan for undergraduate students in certain Millsaps and William Carey degree programs to shorten the time required to earn both a bachelor’s degree and a law degree by one year.
It is anticipated that most Millsaps College academic degree programs will participate in the partnership. It is expected, but not finalized, that the criminal justice and forensic science programs at William Carey will participate. After completing three-fourths of the courses in one of these degree programs and meeting other competitive law school admissions requirements, students may then enroll at the law school.
