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 *October 2012

Georgia Law Class of 2015

Applications: 2,526

An Experienced and Diverse Class

• Members of the Class of 2015 include: an opera singer; legislative assistants; paralegals; a former step team coach, tax consultants; founders of nonprofit organizations; camp counselors; a construction worker; members of the marching band, mock trial team, dance team, debate team, honor societies, Model UN, and the student government; amateur chefs; stock brokers; a wrestling coach; an electrician; bloggers; a former Prom Queen; a nanny; research assistants; peer counselors; scholarship recipients, published writers ; editors; a  jiu jitsu instructor; athletes in cross country, swimming, baseball, crew, lacrosse, rugby, tennis, baseball, and golf;  participants in marathons, triathlons, scuba diving, cycling, snow skiing and karate; teachers and assistant teachers; Eagle Scouts; guitar, clarinet, and violin players; lifeguards, pharmacy technicians; a carpenter; a bailiff; a service members; a pastor; a voice teacher; a lab technician; a court reporter; a TV extra; an Olympic weightlifter; and volunteers for national, state, and local political campaigns.
• Members of the Class of 2015 worked: in the United States Senate and House of Representatives, for private law firms, state governments, prosecutors, and public defenders ; hospitals; the United States Air Force; museums; Department of Corrections; and for corporations including, Hollister, Hyatt, Bradley Lock & Key, Walmart, Target, Walt Disney Company, Hallmark, Country Music Association, OfficeMax, CNN, People Magazine, Wild Adventures Theme Park, JC Penney, Goodwill, and Sears Holdings Corporation.
• Members of the Class of 2015 volunteered for: local radio stations, Boys and Girls Club of America; Relay For Life; Make-A-Wish Foundation; Southern Poverty and Law Center; Romanian orphanages; food banks; Georgia Department of Labor; AmeriCorps;  Court Appointed Special Advocates for DFCS, the Georgia Justice Project; several youth mentoring programs; Habitat for Humanity; children’s hospitals; Legal Aid Societies; Big Brother Big Sister programs; Meals on Wheels;  Special Olympics; Volunteers of America Food Kitchen; UGA H.E.R.O.; Hands on Savannah; nursing homes; American Red Cross; Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind; and Teach For America.
• Members of the Class of 2015 majored in: Political Science, Communications, Literature, History, Humanities, Economics, Criminal Justice, Philosophy, Business Management, Speech Communications, Psychology, French, Finance, Criminology, Electrical Engineering, Journalism, Sociology, Spanish, Business Administration, Management and Leadership, Management Science, English,  Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Secondary Education, Music, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary studies, International Studies, Science, International Relations, Marketing, Agriculture, Pharmacy, Religion, Advertising, International Business, and Mechanical Engineering.
• Locations Where Members of the Class of 2015 lived or studied: Georgia, Washington D.C., Florida, Colorado, California, Ohio, Tennessee, Louisiana, Illinois, Nevada, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina,  New York, Minnesota, Iowa, West Virginia, Oregon, Montana,  Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Rhode Island, Delaware, Arkansas, Nebraska, Washington, New Hampshire, and South Dakota.  International: Austria, Romania, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Spain, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, Panama, Belize, France, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, England, Ecuador, Fiji, Mexico, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Paraguay, United Kingdom, Kenya, Chile, Argentina, Pakistan, Canada, China, Switzerland, Taiwan, Belgium, Gambia, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Brazil, United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Israel, and Indonesia.
• Languages Spoken by the Members of the Class of 2015 include: Spanish, French, Latin, German, Swahili, Arabic, Italian, Armenian, Russian, Mandarin, Korean, Chinese, Hebrew, and Greek.