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<p>…with Stanford and Berkeley not so far away?</p>
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<p>Houston is large as a legal market, but not that large. NYC, Chicago, DC, LA, and maybe other areas are just as large, if not larger. Aside from that, Texas firms still prefer the T14 to UT. UT dominates because the students self-select toward Texas firms, which is largely the case because UT has terrible placement outside of Texas and most UT students want to remain in Texas.</p>
<p>Proximity only helps so much. At the end of the day, being the best school in a city or region doesn’t help when the region is in demand by students at better schools. See: Georgetown in DC.</p>
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<p>I can see Georgetown, but not Cornell.</p>