California v. Texas For Biglaw Forum

[Anonymous User]

At a T14 and very fortunate to have offers on the table in CA, TX and NY. Currently self-financing LS so no debt at present, but will probably have to take out loans for 3L. Undecided between lit and transactional work. I'd like to try and make it 3 years in biglaw. No desire for partner track. Still relatively young & also single.

CA offers are in LA, TX offers in Dallas and Houston. Can anyone comment on the general differences, if any, in terms of quality of life, working hours, formality, dress code, and attitudes toward facetime and vacation between CA and TX biglaw?

[glitter178]

Not that this has anything to do with the work, but in Texas you could actually own a really nice house before you're forty.

[gchatbrah]

which firms? might play a non-trivial role in this decision.

ny/tx probably better for transactional from a career perspective. don't know about lit.

[BigZuck]

Say the firms dude, you're anon. This is much too broad.

Speaking in much too broad terms, the TX firms will probably be more formal and require more facetime, but your quality of life might be better because your money will go farther. Then again, you'll be in TX, not CA. That might matter to you. Guessing you'll probably have to bill about the same amount.

[Balthy]

OP, mind PMing me? Just curious about how you landed these options.