Valparaiso Law Welcomes the 2014 Entering Class

51%Members MAL ofE Valpo Law’s Class of 2017 have work and other producer, a CEO, a semi-professional basketball player, experiences that exemplify the School’s commitment to sporting instructors, and a former NFL athlete. 51% MALE FULL TIME AVERAGE AGE STUDENTS 49%service. FEM AlmostALE 30% of the new students have experience FULL TIME AVERAGE AGE Also in line with Valpo Law’sSTUDENT Scommitment to service49 is% the FEM ALE working in the legal field, including positions as paralegals and2 7 vast amount of volunteer work performed by the entering 27 law clerks, law firm or judicial internships, and a wide variety class. Class members have coached numerous teams, of support positions in public defenders’, prosecutors’, and including soccer, baseball and , basketball, football, other law-related offices. Many of the entering students have golf, tennis, and cheerleading teams, as well as athletes in the been politically active by volunteering in campaigns, working Special Olympics. Many have volunteered on mission trips, for political parties, and working in legislative positions in homeless shelters and food banks, and with organizations at both the stateMEDI and federalA levels.N Furthermore, severalMEDI likeAN Habitat for Humanity, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Boys MEDIAN MEDIAN students have workedLS inA lawT enforcement, and the enteringG PAand Girls Club, Make-A-Wish Foundation, AmeriCorps, and LSAT GPA class has veterans from each branch of the military. the United Way. Others have volunteered as tutors, a court Students in the entering class also have a wide range of other appointed special advocate (CASA), and worked in hospitals professional experiences, including those that have worked and nursing homes. One student volunteered in an episode of in banking, insurance, real estate, sales, and marketing, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. many have teaching experience at the elementary, secondary, Many members of the Class of 2017 achieved undergraduate and levels. The entrepreneurial students have academic honors: Over 30 have been recipients of merit owned and operated businesses such as restaurants, a vending 5 STUDENTS WITH MILITARY SERVICE and academic scholarships, and the class includes multiple machine company, a lawn services company, community members of honors societies, deans’ list recipients, and5 STUDENTS All- WITH MILITARY SERVICE outreach(ONE programs, FROM and EACH even a BRANCH)private detective firm. Other Academic athletic scholars. (ONE FROM EACH BRANCH) accomplishments include a model and voice actor, a film

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126 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS REPRESENTED

Alabama A&M University Indiana Tech The University of Texas at Arlington Alma -Bloomington The University of Texas at Austin Augustana College-IL Indiana University-Northwest Trent University FULL TIME Austin Peay State University Indiana University-South Bend STUDENTS Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ, University of Arizona Bates College John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY University of California-Riverside Bennett College Kaplan University University of California-Santa Barbara Bethany Lutheran College Liberty University University of Cape Coast Bethel College-Indiana Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge University of Central Arkansas Boston College Loyola University- University of Central Oklahoma Bowling Green State University Manchester University University of Ghana Brown University Maranatha Baptist Bible College University of Illinois at Chicago Millikin University University of Illinois-Urbana California State University-East Bay Missouri State University-Springfield University of Iowa California State University-Northridge Morehouse College University of Kentucky-Lexington California State University-Sacramento Muskingum University University of Maryland-College Park Calumet College of Saint Joseph Northeastern Illinois University University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Cameron University Northeastern State University University of Minnesota-Minneapolis Canisius College Northern Kentucky University University of Minnesota-Morris Chicago State University Northern Michigan University University of New Mexico Colorado State University University of New Orleans Concordia University Wisconsin Northwood University-Cedar Hill University of North Dakota-Grand Forks Culver-Stockton College Oakland University University of North Texas Defiance College Oakwood University DePaul University Oregon Institute Technology University of Phoenix -Calumet-Hammond University of South Carolina-Columbia East Tennessee State University Purdue University-West Lafayette University of Southern Indiana Eastern Illinois University Purdue Univ-North Central-Westville University of St. Francis Fitchburg State University Saint Joseph’s College-Indiana University of Tennessee-Knoxville Florida International University University of Wisconsin-Madison Furman University Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Upper Iowa University George Mason University Saint Mary’s College Georgia State University Viterbo University Sewanee: The University of the South Governors State University Simpson College-IA Weber State University Grand Valley State University Southeast Missouri State University Webster University Hillsdale College Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Western Illinois University Holy Cross College Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Western Kentucky University SUNY College at Oswego Western Michigan University Illinois College Wilmington University Illinois State University Temple University Wittenberg University -Terre Haute The University of Memphis Yale University