 In 2012 the law library was renamed after alumnus, best-selling author, activist, and former state legislator John Grisham.While at a fundraiser on June 18, 2019, presidential candidate Joe Biden said that one of his greatest strengths was "bringing people together" and pointed to his relationships with Eastland and fellow segregationist senator Herman Talmadge as examples.While imitating a Southern drawl, Biden remarked, "I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland.