Joel Dillard, PA

01/27/2026

We won the "I Need a New Butt" case!

A Mississippi court has reversed the termination of assistant principal Toby Price, who was fired for reading a humorous children's book to second graders.

09/18/2025

In court talking about book bans and butt cracks - again. Broadcast starts at minute 7 and 45 seconds.

This is "2024-CA-00841-COA" by Supreme Court of Mississippi on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

07/05/2022

The civil rights of children:

My practice is about civil rights at work. Work is how we spend most of our waking hours. Work is how we forge a big part of our identities. Work is the engine of our economy and its inequalities. Strong, radical unions are essential at work. Without them, working people often lack bargaining power....

05/11/2022

https://joeldillard.com/VaccineMandatesAtWork.shtml

The legal landscape for covid and vaccines has recently changed.

05/10/2022

We won an important victory for free speech in the schools.

A Mississippi judge ruled Tuesday that several Jackson Public Schools staff policies are unconstitutional and restrict educators' freedom of speech.

05/02/2022

On the wrong side of the Politically Correct University wars:

Mississippi's IHL threatens academic freedom in service of political correctness.

04/07/2022

The Mississippi legislature passed a new civil rights law. Learn more!

03/13/2022

We are proud to be representing Toby Price, an assistant principal who was wrongfully terminated for reading the children's picture book "I Need a New Butt" to second graders. You may have seen the story in the Washington Post, or on SNL's Weekend Update.

01/26/2022

Do you know somebody smart and organized that wants to work in civil rights? https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?cmp=Joel-F.-Dillard-%26-Associates&t=Paralegal+Legal+Assistant&jk=1e630af731cb49e2&q=Law+joel+dillard&vjs=3

09/30/2021

Our work in the news:

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi street preachers who were convicted of misdemeanor simple assault for calling a woman a “Jezebel” and waving a Bible in a man's face were released from jail Wednesday after a judge found they were being held under “grossly unreasonable” bond.

09/13/2021

Have you ever been to a Red Mass? All are welcome! Join the St. Thomas More Catholic Legal Society and Bishop Joseph Kopacz for a Red Mass at St. John Oxford on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 11 a.m.

A Red Mass is a Mass celebrated annually in the Roman Catholic Church for all members of the legal profession, regardless of religious affiliation: judges, lawyers, law school professors, law students, and government officials, marking the opening of the judicial year. Through prayerful petition and thanksgiving the Red Mass requests guidance from the Holy Spirit for all who seek justice, and offers the legal community an opportunity to reflect on what Catholics believe is the God-given power and responsibility of all in the legal profession.