The Public Interest Law Group (PILG) was formed in the fall of 2006, after realizing the need for public interest law support in Mississippi post Hurricane Katrina. Since formed, PILG has hosted numerous public interest law speakers working in Mississippi, as well as placing many students in public interest law jobs. PILG has also placed many MCSOL students in volunteer opportunities through the semesters, and the summer.
PILG shares much of its success with MCSOL's new Federal Work Study Program that allows students to take non-paying public interest summer jobs, while receiving a salary from a mixture of MSCOL and federal funds.
The greatest accomplishment of PILG to date is the establishment of a Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) at MCSOL. The LRAP will allow MSCOL students to take public interest law jobs after graduation and receive monetary assistance in repaying the burdening student loans that most law school students are faced today. Our LRAP is young and we are looking for additional funding and donations to be able to offer loan repayment assistance to many graduating law students each year. If you are interested in making any donations please email Wells Griffith at pgriffit@mc.edu.

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