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UCLA vs. Berkeley

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:23 pm

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to decide between the two. I am originally form socal, my family is in socal, and I want socal biglaw. Is there really any comparison? Thanks!
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Re: UCLA vs. Berkeley

Post by brotherdarkness » Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:25 pm

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Re: UCLA vs. Berkeley

Post by brorepresentation1 » Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:10 pm

Berkeley -- no question.
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Re: UCLA vs. Berkeley

Post by L’Étranger » Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:27 pm

I have no data, but the impression was that transfers faired extremely well my OCI year at B, and every major LA firm comes to B's OCI.
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Re: UCLA vs. Berkeley

Post by ph14 » Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:54 pm

brotherdarkness wrote:Berkeley does well with SoCal biglaw and, if admitted to both and assuming equal COA, I'd choose Berkeley over UCLA every time.
Agreed. At even money, Berkeley's employment prospects make this an easy decision. The city of Berkeley might not be for everyone, but it's worth it for the employment prospects, and it would only be 2 years.
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