Mississippi
Regulatory profile maintained from Official state bar, court, and regulatory websites (compiled via web research 2026-09-10).
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Last reviewed 2026-09-10. Always confirm the current rule on the official source before acting.
Bar & Regulation
- Bar / regulatory authority
- Mississippi Bar
- Attorney registration lookup
- www.msbar.org/membership
- Rules of professional conduct
- www.msbar.org/ethics
- Ethics opinions
- www.msbar.org/ethics-discipline/ethics-opinions…
- Ethics hotline
- Research pending
- Mandatory bar
- Research pending
- Client security fund
- www.msbar.org/ethics-discipline/clients-security-f…
Trust Accounts & Fees
- IOLTA authority
- Mississippi Bar Foundation
- Trust recordkeeping rules
- Under Mississippi RPC 1.15, attorneys must keep client and third-party funds in a designated trust account and preserve full financial records for seven years after termination of representation.
- Fee agreement requirements
- Under Mississippi RPC 1.5, the basis or rate of the fee must be communicated to the client, and all contingent fee agreements must be in writing specifying the method of determination.
- Flat-fee / advance-fee treatment
- Research pending
- Limited-scope representation
- Research pending
CLE & Advertising
- CLE authority
- Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education
- Current CLE requirements
- Attorneys must complete 12 hours of approved CLE each annual compliance period, including at least 1 hour of legal ethics or professional responsibility.
- Advertising / solicitation rules
- www.msbar.org/ethics-discipline/lawyer-advertising…
- Trade-name / firm-name rules
- Under Mississippi RPC 7.5 and 7.1, a lawyer may practice under a trade name that is not false, deceptive, or misleading and does not state or imply governmental affiliation.
Practice & Remote
- Remote / virtual practice guidance
- Research pending
- Multijurisdictional / UPL rules
- Research pending
- Succession / designated-successor
- Research pending
- Malpractice insurance rules
- Research pending
- Data security / breach guidance
- Research pending
- Permitted entity types
- Research pending
Business Formation
- Secretary of State
- www.sos.ms.gov
- State tax department
- www.dor.ms.gov
- Local business registration
- Research pending
Courts & E-Filing
- State court homepage
- courts.ms.gov
- Trial court directory
- Research pending
- Appellate court directory
- Research pending
- E-filing portal
- courts.ms.gov/mec/mec.php
- Court forms
- courts.ms.gov/rules/forms/forms.php
- Civil procedure rules
- Research pending
- Rules of evidence
- Research pending
- Case-law search
- courts.ms.gov/research/opinions/opinions.php…
- Statutes / codes
- legiscan.com/MS
- Regulations / admin decisions
- Research pending
Federal Courts
- Federal district courts
- Research pending
- Federal bankruptcy courts
- Research pending
- Federal court admission
- Research pending
- Pro hac vice rules
- Under Mississippi M.R.A.P. 46, out-of-state attorneys must associate with local counsel, submit a formal application, and pay the required fee to the Mississippi Bar.
Support & Resources
- Lawyer assistance / wellness
- www.msbar.org/lawyer-assistance-program
- Law libraries
- Research pending
- Practice management assistance
- Research pending
- Incubators / mentoring / referral
- Research pending
- Malpractice insurers / guidance
- Research pending
Verification record
- Review date
- 2026-09-10
- Source authority
- Official state bar, court, and regulatory websites (compiled via web research 2026-09-10)
- Status
- Verified
2026-09-10: Regulatory links and rule summaries added from official primary sources.
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