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Kirkland V5 SECURE; Milbank V10 SECURE; Gibson DUNN HERE (V11)
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:42 PM Author: multi-colored hall https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/law/top-100-law-firms-rankings
#1 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
#2 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
#3 Skadden
#4 Latham & Watkins
#5 Kirkland & Ellis
#6 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
#7 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
#8 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
#9 Milbank LLP
#10 Simpson Thacher
#11 Gibson Dunn |
Date: June 26th, 2025 4:44 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig how did S&C, DPW and STB all slip out of the top 5 over the past 20 years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052012) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:42 PM Author: cyan adulterous striped hyena The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052822) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:45 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig cq. and how did skadden go from long-time top 2-3 to barely in the top 5 (perhaps sometimes out?) to back to solid top 3? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052832) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:48 PM Author: cyan adulterous striped hyena They must be bribing people or have some other scam. They’ve been losing partners/business for ages. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052838) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:50 PM Author: Gaped drab ape the same way any giants slip. lack of innovation and failure to adjust to modernity (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052842) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:41 AM Author: Abnormal mewling masturbator Because 20 years is a long fucking time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053272) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:52 AM Author: Racy giraffe codepig still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053413) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:07 AM Author: aggressive legal warrant its still flame. no one thinks kirkland or latham is better than s&c or dpw. skadden perhaps has a case. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053456) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:10 AM Author: mauve abode coffee pot CR. This whole “Kirkland is an elite firm” thing is rancid flame. Place is full of UIUC grads. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053468) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:28 PM Author: navy chad karate You're stuck in 2005. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49054437) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:34 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49054461) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:34 PM Author: navy chad karate not disagreeing there .... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49054462) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:29 PM Author: navy chad karate Yes they do. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49054440) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:46 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:28 PM Author: Ocher excitant hunting ground Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052790) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:39 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052821) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:47 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli
is this spaceporn's firm? |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:50 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052023) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:53 AM Author: seedy bisexual travel guidebook quadroon Very prestigious Kansas City, Missouri, firm with a storied history and full service range of practice areas. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053336) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:50 PM Author: bipolar faggot firefighter doctorate 180. Good for Millbank buying their way into the V10 via associate pay increases. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052025) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:53 PM Author: aggressive legal warrant Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052039) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:54 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig At Boies Schiller Flexner, associates toss aside the life vest and dive right in, and lawyers at this litigation powerhouse wouldn’t have it any other way. Litigators looking to roll up their sleeves and learn on the job will feel right at home here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052044) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:20 PM Author: multi-colored hall You know you’ve made it in the legal industry when you’ve landed a spot at Latham & Watkins. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052774) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:38 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig Get your passport ready—DLA Piper has more than 90 offices (including relationship firms) around the world and is home to more than 4,000 lawyers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052820) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:13 AM Author: mustard station nowag Sidley — Come for the sophisticated work and stay for the polite, amiable Midwestern vibes as well as the sincere commitment to building a welcoming and inclusive workplace.
lol yeah lots of folksy people wandering the halls there. They just love small talk |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:49 AM Author: Bateful crackhouse messiness lol cr, very chill happy bros (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053406) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:10 PM Author: Claret razzmatazz cuck I’ve worked at three big law firms and Sidley was the most transactional by far. Nobody gave a fuck about anybody else other than their tiny in group and they just rented the Sidley brand name. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053841) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:08 PM Author: multi-colored hall polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49054162) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:55 PM Author: Odious business firm wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052048) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:57 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig where is _._. ______ law?
should be top 100 after the penis verdict |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:44 PM Author: Hairraiser buck-toothed pit factory reset button (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052828) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:30 PM Author: Magical Sandwich School Cafeteria messenger bag logo facing OUT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052792) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:54 PM Author: Curious rehab incel My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052844) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:38 AM Author: Hideous harsh lay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053127) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:01 AM Author: light geriatric library Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053137) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:14 AM Author: plum community account What's board consensus on claiming vault prestige: (a) ranking from your time as an associate, (b) current rank, or (c) whichever is higher
I believe in (a) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:44 AM Author: Ruddy razzle reading party (c), with the argument that it was your hard work that made it increase after you left (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053237) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:01 AM Author: Racy giraffe codepig relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings.
(asking for a silent gen friend who went to umich when it was #1) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:05 AM Author: plum community account I think the bands are consistent enough to just use them:
HYS (Just use school name) CCNP (just say top 5 and hope you don't have to explain) BVMN (just say top 10) TTT (anywhere lower, pretend you're a plumber) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:29 AM Author: Racy giraffe codepig How was penn? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053374) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:09 AM Author: aggressive legal warrant (jerry sandusky tp) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053463) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:15 AM Author: mauve abode coffee pot I bet the “Carey” 2 and 3Ls would not be happy if they knew their CDO was spending time advertising on xo instead of making connections at regional DLA Piper offices. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053489) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 1:38 PM Author: Racy giraffe codepig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49054103) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:40 AM Author: boyish insane dragon house I’m currently at a V10 and I’d say consensus here is (c) - also FWIW no one is under any illusion that Kirkland and Kirkland branded products (e.g., Skadden and Latham) are prestigious. No one at my T6 (historical) wanted to go there.
The legacy undisputed V5 is WLRK, CSM, S&C, DPW and STB. |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:03 AM Author: plum community account Clever Weil-bro post (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053286) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:43 AM Author: Primrose startling stead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053324) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:29 AM Author: Racy giraffe codepig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053373) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:43 AM Author: Ruddy razzle reading party True although STB is SPS now
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:11 AM Author: mauve abode coffee pot How is STB? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053474) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:19 AM Author: concupiscible cumskin home Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market?? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053501) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:20 AM Author: aggressive legal warrant YOURE A PARTNER (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053507) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:20 PM Author: Magical Sandwich School Cafeteria Man, it's still a great shtick for them. In-house business guys are impressed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49054201) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:01 PM Author: Marvelous market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053812) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:02 PM Author: aggressive legal warrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053817) |