Contact:

 

Areas of Expertise:

  • UCC Article 9
  • Contracts

Mary Largent Purvis

 

Director of Academic Success

 

Education:

  • Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., 2001,summa cum laude
  • Millsaps College, B.S., 1998, magna cum laude

 

Professional Experience:

  • Mississippi College School of Law, Visiting Professor, 2008-present
  • Mississippi College School of Law, Adjunct Professor, 2005-2008
  • Jackson Young Lawyers, Executive Director, January 2006-August 2007
  • Contract Attorney, January 2005-August 2007
  • Carroll Warren & Parker, PLLC, Jackson, Mississippi; Staff Attorney, February 2003- July 2004
  • Adams and Reese, LLP, Jackson, Mississippi; Associate, September 2001-February 2003

 

Law School Activities:

  • Student Services Committee
  • Academic Support Program

 

Honors & Awards:

  • Mississippi College School of Law Adjunct Professor of the Year, 2007-2008
  • Mississippi College Law Review Staff Member, 1999-2001
  • Bettye B. Tucker Scholarship Award Recipient
  • Robert M. Hearin Foundation Scholarship Recipient
  • Trustmark National Bank Trust Dept. Wills and Estates Award
  • Who's Who Among American Law Students, 2001
  • Millsaps College Most Distinguished Woman, 1998

 

Bar Admissions:

  • State of Mississippi, 2001
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2002
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • United States Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

 

Professional Activities:

  • American Bar Association
  • Jackson Young Lawyers
  • Mississippi Women Lawyers Association
  • Hinds County Bar Association

 

Community Activities:

  • Operation Shoestring Board of Directors, 2004-2009
    • Board Development Committee Chair, 2005-2006
    • Annual Benefit Concert, Event Chair, 2005-2006
    • Executive Committee, Secretary, 2006
    • Executive Committee, Secretary, 2007
  • Jackson Young Lawyers Board of Directors, 2002-2004
    • Membership Committee Chair, 2002-2003
    • Secretary, 2003-2004
  • Junior League of Jackson
    • Provisional Leadership Committee, 2005-2006
    • Eudora Welty House Volunteer Project, Co-Chair, 2006-2007
    • Screening for Success Community Project, Chair, 2007-2008
    • Board of Directors, Communications Vice President, 2008-2009
    • Board of Directors, Community Vice President 2009-2010
  • Friends of Laurel Street Park
    • Chairman, 2006-2007
    • Board Member, 2004-2005
  • Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project, 2001-2003, 2005
    • Stewpot Legal Clinic Volunteer, 2005
  • Millsaps College Alumni Association Board of Directors, 2001-2005
    • Executive Committee Member, 2003-2005
    • Career Development Committee National Chair, 2004-2005
  • Member, St. James' Episcopal Church, Jackson, Mississippi
    • St. Nicholas Guild Team Member, 2005-2006
    • St. Nicholas Guild Team Captain, 2007-2009
  • Mission First Legal Aid Volunteer