Will Bardwell is a practicing attorney licensed in Mississippi and based in Jackson. He was born in McComb and grew up in Brandon before earning his journalism degree at Ole Miss. After working for two years as a reporter at
The Meridian Star newspaper, Will returned to Oxford to pursue his law degree. As a student at the University of Mississippi School of Law, he was a member of the school's Moot Court Board and won two appellate tournaments, including the statewide Mississippi Moot Court Championship. In 2008, Will graduated with honors.
After law school, he accepted a clerkship at the Mississippi Supreme Court, where he worked first under Justice Oliver E. Diaz, Jr., and later as the senior clerk to Justice James W. Kitchens.
Will is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association and the Mississippi Association for Justice.