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Take Cooley and don't look back. Congrats!Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:22 pmI have offers at both firms in their corporate department. Enjoyed speaking with both. I would like to do some sort of corporate work (fairly open to anything, although capital markets seems interesting IMO). Anyone have any insight into the offices down there? It's hard to get a vibe via Zoom interviews.
Thank you! Just curious - what makes you say this? Thanks in advance for your answer.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:34 pmTake Cooley and don't look back. Congrats!Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:22 pmI have offers at both firms in their corporate department. Enjoyed speaking with both. I would like to do some sort of corporate work (fairly open to anything, although capital markets seems interesting IMO). Anyone have any insight into the offices down there? It's hard to get a vibe via Zoom interviews.
I work in San Diego and I've heard the same. Nothing specific. But Cooley is considered really good here, and DLA Piper is considered a fine place, but not mentioned in the same breath as Cooley.
Cooley is better on every single metric - prestige (whether Vault ranking or regional reputation), type of work & training, culture, business outlook, etc. DLA has been on a downward trajectory for the past decade or so and treading water at best.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:40 pmThank you! Just curious - what makes you say this? Thanks in advance for your answer.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:34 pmTake Cooley and don't look back. Congrats!Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:22 pmI have offers at both firms in their corporate department. Enjoyed speaking with both. I would like to do some sort of corporate work (fairly open to anything, although capital markets seems interesting IMO). Anyone have any insight into the offices down there? It's hard to get a vibe via Zoom interviews.
Thank you! I was learning towards Cooley as a gut feeling, but wanted some data to back it up, and this is exactly what I needed.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:16 pmCooley is better on every single metric - prestige (whether Vault ranking or regional reputation), type of work & training, culture, business outlook, etc. DLA has been on a downward trajectory for the past decade or so and treading water at best.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:40 pmThank you! Just curious - what makes you say this? Thanks in advance for your answer.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:34 pmTake Cooley and don't look back. Congrats!Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 11:22 pmI have offers at both firms in their corporate department. Enjoyed speaking with both. I would like to do some sort of corporate work (fairly open to anything, although capital markets seems interesting IMO). Anyone have any insight into the offices down there? It's hard to get a vibe via Zoom interviews.
So unless you REALLY clicked with DLA and didn't vibe much with Cooley people, then I might re-consider. But even then, unless it was the worst possible CB experience w/interviewers, I still would pick Cooley.
You could replace SD with any market, and this would be true. DLA has done a very poor job at producing a rep beyond the Walmart of biglaw.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:05 pmI'm in SD and I have no idea why anyone even consider DLA over Cooley.