getting regional markets without ties from T14 Forum

[niederbomb]

What are the options besides NYC for a Texas resident who has misgivings about Texas?

[ajcollege]

There's this city called Washington, DC, that I hear has a few law jobs. Could be a myth though.

[niederbomb]

There's this city called Washington, DC, that I hear has a few law jobs. Could be a myth though.

For someone who makes top 20-30% at T10, DC could be an option. However, that does not address the question about getting regional markets to which one has no ties from a T14.

[bk1]

Try to grovel for a 1L summer job in a random region and then try and somehow slang that region from OCI. Seems really difficult though.

[Stringer Bell]

I'm somewhat curious about this as well. Everyone says it's NYC/DC or your home market, but do they actually know of success/failures of people bidding on random places like Phoenix/Minneapolis/Pittsburgh/Miami or even CA w/o significant ties to those markets? It makes sense. I'm just curious if there is any anecdotal evidence to back it up.

[niederbomb]

How about Penn bidding on Chicago or Delaware or UVA bidding on Atlanta?

Since C is semi national and Delaware is in Penn's geographical region (firms come to OCI), it wouldn't be exactly the same as bidding on random markets.

[09042014]

You have a fiance in Chicago/LA/SF/N Virgina/Florida/where.

[niederbomb]

You have a fiance in Chicago/LA/SF/N Virgina/Florida/where.

This might work. lol

Of course, top law people often have incredible memories. What happens when you start working there and the associates/partners who interviewed you get to know you better?

Maybe you could just say he/she broke up with you thanks to the kickass hours you spent billing at the firm.