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I get that this thread has been made before but I was wondering if someone could offer individual-specific advice.

I want DC big law...I've lived in DC my whole life, went to a DC law school before transferring, and don't pay to live here in DC (I know, lucky me). I'm willing to accept NY as an alternative but I really don't desire to live in MI or Chicago, but would accept if nothing else.

Basically I really want DC but am afraid of the wisdom that transfers can struggle at OCI at GULC.

Any thoughts?!?!?!

Thanks in advance!

Leaving DC and then bidding DC seems like a bad idea.

If you transfer to Michigan, can you still do OCI at your old school? Tell any prospective employers that you transferred to a better school because [Michigan! do you need another reason?] but that you are from D.C., went to school in D.C. initially, and still want to work in D.C. during your summers and after you graduate. I mean, I know D.C. hires a lot of people from around the country. You should have an even better shot than most people at these jobs given your D.C. ties.

That being said, I haven't gone through OCI yet, so what do I know? Lol.

I think if you want to be in DC and DC only you should go to GULC. However, you may have an easier time getting DC from Michigan because there will be less competition at Michigan for those firms. It looks like a good amount of firms come to OCI at Michigan as well.

bertmacklin wrote:I think if you want to be in DC and DC only you should go to GULC. However, you may have an easier time getting DC from Michigan because there will be less competition at Michigan for those firms. It looks like a good amount of firms come to OCI at Michigan as well.

I agree that a larger percent of GULC students will be gunning for DC jobs, but I think the students from UMich that bid DC will have stronger grades. I imagine that, at Michigan, OP will be competing with the top 10% for fewer offers, since everyone else will likely predominantly bid NYC. I also imagine that DC firms will make more offers to GULC students (by raw number, not percentage) than Michigan students, and that the competition will have a broader range of class rank (i.e., top 33% and/or some median students will be bidding DC). This is all intuition, so maybe someone else could chime in, but I think GULC is the better option.

Thanks for posting. I think the issue is that with 600 kids GULC has tough competition. But, I am not transferring from TT, TTT, or TTTT, I'm coming from the next best DC law school other than GW and so some of these firms would originally come to my school so they know my top 5% ranking and can comprehend that better. Michigan is a better school and with less competition the thought is I could theoretically dominate (relatively speaking) DC. But is Michigan that much better to where it makes employers thinking twice?

I'd appreciate anymore thoughts if anyone has them.

Would it be a terrible idea to call some of the firms in DC that you are targeting, and say my goal in attending these schools is to work for you, thus I wanted to see if you had any advice about which to attend. Just a thought...

jdmonkey wrote:Would it be a terrible idea to call some of the firms in DC that you are targeting, and say my goal in attending these schools is to work for you, thus I wanted to see if you had any advice about which to attend. Just a thought...

This is good, I will certainly try this.