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CDCA (Crim) vs. SF Public Defender: Have to Choose by Weds!

Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:05 pm
by Anonymous User
1. Fairly sure I'd love jobs equally (talked to people who have worked at each)
2. No preference b/w LA and SF
3. Staying in SF = living for free with parents
4. I'm not financially hurting or anything, but not rich either (paying for law schools with full loans)
5. School: SLS
6. Goal: Top-notch biglaw
7. How dead-set on goal: very (i.e. though I wouldn't incur the cost if it would improve my chances at, say, a V10 by, say, 1%, I would do it if it would result in a somewhat more significant effect)

Question: Is the difference in prestige worth the cost? For people who have gone through the process, how much of a difference would something like this have?

Re: CDCA (Crim) vs. SF Public Defender: Have to Choose by Weds!

Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:19 am
by sfdreaming09
From what I understand, if you're dead-set on firms (i.e., not a chance you'll change your mind by the time you graduate or even a few years following grad), then it really doesnt matter, so, all else being equal, go for the PD.

Re: CDCA (Crim) vs. SF Public Defender: Have to Choose by Weds!

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:13 pm
by Anonymous User
Anybody else? I only have 3 days to decide and I'm completely undecided.

Re: CDCA (Crim) vs. SF Public Defender: Have to Choose by Weds!

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:23 pm
by Anonymous User
What exactly is CDCA?

Re: CDCA (Crim) vs. SF Public Defender: Have to Choose by Weds!

Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:16 pm
by Patriot1208
Anonymous User wrote:What exactly is CDCA?
I'm assuming it's the equivalent of LA's DA office.

Re: CDCA (Crim) vs. SF Public Defender: Have to Choose by Weds!

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:07 pm
by sfdreaming09
No he/she means U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of CA

Re: CDCA (Crim) vs. SF Public Defender: Have to Choose by Weds!

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:16 pm
by Patriot1208
sfdreaming09 wrote:No he/she means U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of CA
I stand corrected.