<p>@The Brian: To some extent, if location is more important than opportunity, you are better off going to a regional school. So, if someone wanted to live in CA, a GULC graduate will have better options for employment, but they might be elsewhere. A USC grad will have poorer options, but they’ll tend to cluster in CA.</p>
<p>the issue there is that since the recession, the numbers haven’t necessarily indicated that gulc grads will enjoy greater options. the big law numbers in general (irrespective of region) for georgetown in recent years don’t indicate it has a clear advantage in big law hiring over a school like usc. for example, last year usc (barely) placed a higher percentage of students in big law than gulc, indicating that any marginal difference in t14 recognition may not be worth the potential opportunities one may receive in attending law school in the region one wants to practice.</p>