Which bar do I take? Forum

[lhanvt13]

going to DC for lit. likely gonna move with SO in 2 years to new city for when SO starts bschool. Possible destinations are in the bay area, boston, philly, and chicago. I'm leaning toward Cali b/c patent lit, but don't know if I should take another bar that has better reciprocity.

So, in sum:
- Patent lit
- DC
- likely to move in 2 years
- likely destinations: Bay Area, Boston, Philly, Chi, and low chance of NYC
- Don't necessarily need to continue lit, and prob would prefer to switch to transactional for dat in-house possibility, but I realize i need to do that early in my career before that door closes.
- Also, don't necessarily need to continue being an attorney - maybe try for consulting/banking gig

1. Which bar do you recommend?
2. Is it difficult to take a second bar while practicing?
3. Anything else I should be considering or should know about, that I'm not asking?
4. Help?

Not sure if correct forum. Move to appropriate if needed. thx

[NoLongerALurker]

California has the hardest bar of the bunch, so to the extent that you have a once-in-a-lifetime situation where you get to just study for the bar full time (Im assuming you're a 3L?) -- if California is a possibility, I'd try to smash that out now. The others are all much easier to do while also practicing (which isn't to say they're easy, but relatively speaking I mean).

[Actus Reus]

Get CA done. You can pass Mass if you woke up the morning of the test without studying so do that when you're slow at work

[lhanvt13]

Cool cool. Thanks for the responses. That was my thinking.

California has the hardest bar of the bunch, so to the extent that you have a once-in-a-lifetime situation where you get to just study for the bar full time (Im assuming you're a 3L?) -- if California is a possibility, I'd try to smash that out now. The others are all much easier to do while also practicing (which isn't to say they're easy, but relatively speaking I mean).

Yep, 3L.