Where did everybody go to school?

[CooleyAsCanBe]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

A few of my buddies graduated from Gettysburg in 2000.

As for me:

Elementary School: Blessed Sacrament (DC)
Jr. High: Alice Deal (DC)
High School: Good Counsel (Wheaton, MD)
Undergrad: Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Law School: University of Wisconsin (Madison (aka "Madtown"), WI)

Congrats on graduating from law school. Must be an even bigger relief since you Winconsinites don't have to take the bar if you stay in Wisconsin.

[CooleyAsCanBe]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Thanks! I'm staying with the Business Law Group in their Madison office. I thought about going to their Chicago, D.C., or one of their California offices, but it didn't make sense. I am getting paid about the same salary as associates in those other offices, but I don't have to take the bar (so I can sh-t around all summer), the cost of living is next to nothing, my commute with be like 10 minutes each way, I like Madison a lot, and I can always transfer if they like me enough.

What are you up to? I see that you went to UVA, which is an awesome school.

First year associate at a firm in DC. UVA was great, but graduation wasn't much of a relief knowing that the bar was right around the corner. Then finishing the bar wasn't much of a relief since you don't know if you passed. But the day I found out I had passed was a great one.

I hear you about living in a medium-sized market and being able to buy a nice house and not have a bad commute. The decision to come back to DC was a tough one with offers in other cities like Denver and Charlotte.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by CooleyAsCanBe

First year associate at a firm in DC. UVA was great, but graduation wasn't much of a relief knowing that the bar was right around the corner. Then finishing the bar wasn't much of a relief since you don't know if you passed. But the day I found out I had passed was a great one.

I hear you about living in a medium-sized market and being able to buy a nice house and not have a bad commute. The decision to come back to DC was a tough one with offers in other cities like Denver and Charlotte.

What firm are you at?

[CooleyAsCanBe]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

What firm are you at?

Patton Boggs. C'mon Smoot, didn't our Private Messages last year mean anything to you? Never again.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by CooleyAsCanBe

Patton Boggs. C'mon Smoot, didn't our Private Messages last year mean anything to you? Never again.

I hang my head in shame. I shall ban myself for the next 3 months...from not posting

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by CooleyAsCanBe

Patton Boggs.

Good firm. Where did you summer and are you working for their litigation group?

[CooleyAsCanBe]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Good firm. Where did you summer and are you working for their litigation group?

I was at DOJ first summer and Patton Boggs second. We're unassigned for the first year, so I try a little of everything.

[Warpath]

K-5 Sudley Elem (Manassas, VA)
6-8 Stonewall Middle (Manassas, VA)
9-12 Stonewall Jackson Senior High (Manassas, VA)

Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) Bachelors in Marketing

[SantanaMan]

Pond Park Primary School (Lisburn, N.Ireland)
Wallace High School (Lisburn, N.Ireland)
Queens University of Belfast
Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina, KS)

[memphisskin]

Wooddale HS - Memphis TN
Univ of TN - Knoxville, TN 89-92 (asked to leave)
Rhodes College - Memphis, TN 04-06
Univ of Memphis - Memphis, TN 04-06 (BA Poli Sci)
The George Washington Univ - Wash, DC 06-08 (MTA, Sport Mgmt)