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I received a full scholarship to Mississippi College School of Law JD 2000 2.96 gpa. Then, passed the bar on first attempt (3 day exam, very high fail rate). I was born in MS and grew up there as well. It is an extremely poor state (but changing rapidly). read more

If you go outside of the largest metropolitan areas of this state (Jackson, the Gulf Coast, Meridian, Memphis suburbs, Starkville and Oxford, for example), you will find that not much has changed in attitudes about race, and that many of the elected officials out there still hang on to outdated racist attitudes. read more

Friendly, small-town, blue-collar atmosphere. I grew up near Charleston until my late 20s. Yes, there is some poverty in isolated areas. (Every state has this.) read more