Any thoughts on Latham San Diego vs. Cooley San Diego? WLB, RTO, exit opps, stability, etc. for general corporate

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LW San Diego destroys Cooley in all the metrics that matter. Not sure it’s even a competition. Only downside is that you’ll work a ton at LW, but that’s generally true of biglaw overall.

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Yup A1 is pretty spot on…unless you’re looking to exit into in house tech, Latham kinda wins on all fronts.

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Cooley SD is better if you like having a cubicle instead of an office.

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Only partners and theirs are small internal fishbowls: you can fart but you can't pick your nose.

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Lw of course

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Disagree with the others, Cooley is by far the dominant player in SD and will have better work and exit options locally just by virtue of the client base. I suspect WLB could also be a bit better too but that’s around the margins

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