I am a rising 2L transferring to UCLA (or Berkeley, if I am accepted - but no word yet) from BC/BU, top 25% of class, 3.51 GPA. My goal is BigLaw in LA or Orange County. Also open for SF, SD, or any other CA market within 500 miles of LA. Here is my current bid list. Any advice or feedback would be greatly appreciated, especially from those who were similarly situated as myself.
(1) Holland Knight, LA
• UCLA: 3.2
• BC: 3.5
• 31 overall spots
(2) Manatt Phelps Phillips, LA
• UCLA: 3.1
• 9 LA spots
(3) Milbank LLP
• UCLA: 3.3
• 7 LA spots
(4) WilmerHale
• UCLA: 3.5
• BC: 3.5
• 4 LA spots
(5) Reed Smith, LA
• UCLA: 3.3
• 7 LA spots
(6) McGuire Woods
• UCLA: 3.3
• 18 firmwide spots last year
(7) White Case
• UCLA: 3.3
• 5 LA Spots
(8) Shephard Mullin, LA or Century City
• UCLA: 3.4
• 7 LA spots, 4 century city
(9) Rutan Tucker
• UCLA: 3.4
• 8 spots
(10) Winston Strawn, LA
• UCLA: 3.4
• 5-7 LA spots
(11) Arent Fox
• UCLA: 3.4
• BC: 3.42
(12) McDermott Will Emery
• UCLA: 3.4
• BC: 3.58
• 7 LA spots
(13) Fisher Phillips
• UCLA: 3.3
• 6 firmwide spots
(14) Sidley Austin
• UCLA: 3.4
• 12 LA last year
(15) Venable
• UCLA: 3.47
• 7 LA spots
(16) Katten Muchin Rosenman
• UCLA: 3.4
• 4 LA spots
(17) Foley Lardner
• UCLA: 3.47
• BC: 3.5
• 2 spots
(18) Hunton Andrews Kurth
• UCLA: Top 50%
(19) Stroock Strock Levan
• UCLA: 3.0
• 2 spots
(20) Goodwin
• UCLA: 3.33
• BC: 3.6
• 3 LA spots
(21) Covington Burling
• 5 LA spots last year
(22) Best Best Krieger
• 4 LA spots last year
(23) Baker Hosletler
• UCLA: 3.1
• 1 LA spot last year
(24) Fenwick West
• 25 SF spots last year
(25) Gunderson Dettmer
• 4 spots last year
(26) Orrick Herrington Sutcliffe
• UCLA: 3.3
• 3 spots
(27) Norton Rose Fulbright
• UCLA: 3.33
• 2 spots
(28) Proskaeur
• UCLA: 3.4
• BC: 3.6
• 6 spots
(29) Morgan Lewis
• UCLA: 3.46
• BC: 3.61
• 5 spots
(30) Troutman Sanders
• UCLA: 3.3
• 2 IRVINE spots
(31) Cooley
• 49 Firmwide spots
(32) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
• UCLA: 3.3
• 2 la spots
(33) Simpson Thacher Bartlett
• UCLA: 3.5
• 4 la spots
(34) Wanger Jones Helsley
• UCLA: 3.3; top 30%
(35) Jones Day
• UCLA: 3.65
• 7 la spots
(36) Bryan Cave
• UCLA: 3.4
• 30 firmwide spots
(37) O’Melveny
(38) Skadden
(39) Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallor Natsis
• UCLA: 3.5
• 8 spots
(40) Gibson Dunn
• UCLA: 3.7 or top 20%
• 22 LA spots
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