2005 Entering Class
The JD Class of 2008
The JD Class of 2008 hails from 30 states and two foreign countries. Twenty-three
of our 228 students have advanced degrees, and 83 have engaged in graduate study or work. The Class of 2008
represents 108 colleges and universities. The students have a median LSAT 163 and a median
GPA of 3.46. They have studied and lived on every one of the inhabited continents. Twenty
percent have backgrounds in science and engineering, reflecting the increasing importance of
intellectual property. Ten have degrees in philosophy, and 17 are already seeking joint degrees.
Members of the class have worn or currently wear the uniform of each branch of our nation's armed services, and three of them, combat veterans, continue to serve the nation in uniform and will return to the Army as judge advocates. Three are working journalists who have covered the news in markets from Taipei to Cairo to Bloomington. The class includes a television actor, a full-time rodeo contestant, a professional baseball player, and an entrepreneur who sold his company to make time for law school. It includes a Peace Corps volunteer, several Americorps members, and several students who have spent two years teaching in America's inner-city schools through the Teach for America program. It includes several musicians, a former secret service agent, a U.S. Soccer Federation referee, a firefighter, and several eagle scouts.
International Graduate Students
These JD students are joined by our new class of international graduate students, who hail from Egypt, South Africa, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Guinea-Bissau, Burma, China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, and New Zealand. Among these graduate students are a retired army officer, a senior economist, an editor, a manager at the Korea Stock and Futures Exchange, the executive director of human rights for the Arab Program for Human Rights Activists in Egypt, three Fulbright scholars, one Muskie Fellowship recipient, two law professors, and many, many working lawyers.