Jordan Hughes is a two-time graduate of the University of Mississippi who has dedicated her career to serving low-income and underserved Mississippians through legal advocacy, clinical education, and public interest law. Since returning to the School of Law in 2017, she has taught in multiple clinical programs, co-directs the Low Income Housing Clinic, and helps prepare future lawyers to expand access to justice across Mississippi.
Research Interests
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The conflict in law between litigant's due process rights and the efficiency of small claims courts
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Effecting change through 5th and 14th amendment advocacy
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Affirmatively representing tenant's civil rights
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The power of taxation and its role in anti-poverty policy
Biography
Jordan Hughes is an alumna of the University of Mississippi, earning both her B.A. in History and Classical Studies in 2010, and her J.D in 2013. During Law School she found her passion representing indigent Mississippians through the Clinical Program’s Low Income Housing Clinic. After graduation she practiced law as a staff attorney for North Mississippi Rural Legal Services and served as the Director of the Mississippi Taxpayer Assistance Project, a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, before returning to work with the Low Income Housing Clinic in 2017. Jordan has taught various clinics through for the Law School’s Clinical Programs and co-professes the Low Income Housing Clinic with Director Desiree Hensley. She also teaches Legal Problems of Indigence. Jordan is admitted to practice in Mississippi, the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Tax Court.
Education
J.D. , University of Mississippi (2013)
B.A. History, University of Mississippi (2010)