Shortly before the Civil War, the then-Department of Law was relocated to a building close to Oxford Square.

The university agreed to lease the building in order to prevent the owner from filing from bankruptcy.

This agreement lasted until the start of the Civil War in 1861 when most of the law school's students volunteered to serve in the Confederate military.

The MacArthur Justice Clinic, a branch of the program at Northwestern University School of Law, opened in the fall of 2014.

According to Ole Miss' official 2016 ABA-required disclosures, 60.3% of the Class of 2016 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.

[9] Ole Miss' Law School Transparency under-employment score is 18.9%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.