Law School removes Scruggs from campaign

The new University of Mississippi law school's fundraising campaign Web site no longer list Dickie Scruggs as one of the co-chairmen of the fundraising committee, and they have also removed his name from a list of donors.

Additionally, the Dickie Scruggs classroom wing is no longer on a list of the new law school's named areas.

Chancellor Robert Khayat confirmed Tuesday that the Scruggses had requested his and his wife Dianne's names be removed from the Richard and Dianne Scruggs music hall building. The request will be considered Thursday by the Institutions for Higher Learning.

Scruggs pleaded guilty to bribing Lafayette County Circuit Judge Henry Lackey on Friday. Three others have also pleaded guilty.

Scruggs' son Zach Scruggs is the only remaining defendant and has spent the week adding lawyers to his defense team, suggesting he is prepping for trial. Like his father, Zach attended Ole Miss as an undergraduate and for law school.

The DM will be trying to contact both the dean of the law school and Khayat in order to get a better explanation.

Scruggs won close to one billion dollars suing big tobacco companies. He and his wife have donated millions to the university ever since.