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Kirkland V5 SECURE; Milbank V10 SECURE; Gibson DUNN HERE (V11)

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curious love of her life wagecucks
  06/26/25
how did S&C, DPW and STB all slip out of the top 5 over ...
flushed brunch
  06/26/25
The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number on...
Poppy Really Tough Guy
  06/26/25
cq. and how did skadden go from long-time top 2-3 to barely ...
flushed brunch
  06/26/25
They must be bribing people or have some other scam. They&rs...
Poppy Really Tough Guy
  06/26/25
the same way any giants slip. lack of innovation and failur...
Splenetic cyan kitchen mad cow disease
  06/26/25
Because 20 years is a long fucking time?
gay senate mexican
  06/27/25
still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years
flushed brunch
  06/27/25
its still flame. no one thinks kirkland or latham is better ...
Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig
  06/27/25
CR. This whole “Kirkland is an elite firm” thin...
Irradiated Lemon Mediation
  06/27/25
You're stuck in 2005.
Green incel parlour
  06/27/25
so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way
flushed brunch
  06/27/25
not disagreeing there ....
Green incel parlour
  06/27/25
Yes they do. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 ye...
Green incel parlour
  06/27/25
wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
flushed brunch
  06/26/25
Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger?
Azure internal respiration
  06/26/25
rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme ...
flushed brunch
  06/26/25
and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli is this spaceporn's firm?
flushed brunch
  06/26/25
wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP
flushed brunch
  06/26/25
Very prestigious Kansas City, Missouri, firm with a storied ...
Motley bbw trust fund
  06/27/25
180. Good for Millbank buying their way into the V10 via ass...
vibrant theater stage quadroon
  06/26/25
Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble
Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig
  06/26/25
At Boies Schiller Flexner, associates toss aside the life ve...
flushed brunch
  06/26/25
You know you’ve made it in the legal industry when you...
curious love of her life wagecucks
  06/26/25
Get your passport ready—DLA Piper has more than 90 off...
flushed brunch
  06/26/25
Sidley — Come for the sophisticated work and stay for ...
pearl submissive idea he suggested
  06/27/25
lol cr, very chill happy bros
Adventurous Potus Round Eye
  06/27/25
I’ve worked at three big law firms and Sidley was the ...
Tripping Aqua State Fat Ankles
  06/27/25
polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama
curious love of her life wagecucks
  06/27/25
wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith?
Blathering embarrassed to the bone skinny woman international law enforcement agency
  06/26/25
where is _._. ______ law? should be top 100 after the pen...
flushed brunch
  06/26/25
...
Impertinent Ungodly Space
  06/26/25
messenger bag logo facing OUT
magical depressive piazza
  06/26/25
My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot
Twinkling excitant stain gunner
  06/26/25
...
Greedy tank
  06/27/25
Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank?
Filthy Self-absorbed Public Bath
  06/27/25
What's board consensus on claiming vault prestige: (a) ranki...
flirting godawful dog poop
  06/27/25
(c), with the argument that it was your hard work that made ...
henna sickened useless brakes
  06/27/25
relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings. (ask...
flushed brunch
  06/27/25
I think the bands are consistent enough to just use them: ...
flirting godawful dog poop
  06/27/25
How was penn?
flushed brunch
  06/27/25
(jerry sandusky tp)
Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig
  06/27/25
I bet the “Carey” 2 and 3Ls would not be happy i...
Irradiated Lemon Mediation
  06/27/25
...
flushed brunch
  06/27/25
I’m currently at a V10 and I’d say consensus her...
Stimulating Fantasy-prone Old Irish Cottage Church Building
  06/27/25
Clever Weil-bro post
flirting godawful dog poop
  06/27/25
...
Hairraiser foreskin
  06/27/25
...
flushed brunch
  06/27/25
True although STB is SPS now
henna sickened useless brakes
  06/27/25
How is STB?
Irradiated Lemon Mediation
  06/27/25
Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market??
galvanic bistre scourge upon the earth range
  06/27/25
YOURE A PARTNER
Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig
  06/27/25
Man, it's still a great shtick for them. In-house business ...
magical depressive piazza
  06/27/25
...
Diverse Vermilion Location Mad-dog Skullcap
  06/27/25
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Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig
  06/27/25


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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: curious love of her life wagecucks

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052006)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:44 PM
Author: flushed brunch

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: Poppy Really Tough Guy

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: flushed brunch

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: Poppy Really Tough Guy

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: Splenetic cyan kitchen mad cow disease

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: gay senate mexican

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: flushed brunch

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: Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig

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: Irradiated Lemon Mediation

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: Green incel parlour

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: flushed brunch

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: Green incel parlour

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: Green incel parlour

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: flushed brunch

wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052014)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Azure internal respiration

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: flushed brunch

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: flushed brunch

and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli

is this spaceporn's firm?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052016)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:50 PM
Author: flushed brunch

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: Motley bbw trust fund

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: vibrant theater stage quadroon

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: Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig

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: flushed brunch

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: curious love of her life wagecucks

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: flushed brunch

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: pearl submissive idea he suggested

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053140)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Adventurous Potus Round Eye

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: Tripping Aqua State Fat Ankles

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: curious love of her life wagecucks

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: Blathering embarrassed to the bone skinny woman international law enforcement agency

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: flushed brunch

where is _._. ______ law?

should be top 100 after the penis verdict

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49052055)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:44 PM
Author: Impertinent Ungodly Space



(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 depressive piazza

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: Twinkling excitant stain gunner

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: Greedy tank



(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: Filthy Self-absorbed Public Bath

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: flirting godawful dog poop

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)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053216)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: henna sickened useless brakes

(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: flushed brunch

relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings.

(asking for a silent gen friend who went to umich when it was #1)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053245)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: flirting godawful dog poop

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)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053287)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: flushed brunch

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: Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig

(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: Irradiated Lemon Mediation

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: flushed brunch



(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: Stimulating Fantasy-prone Old Irish Cottage Church Building

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053271)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:03 AM
Author: flirting godawful dog poop

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: Hairraiser foreskin



(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: flushed brunch



(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: henna sickened useless brakes

True although STB is SPS now



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053393)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:11 AM
Author: Irradiated Lemon Mediation

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: galvanic bistre scourge upon the earth range

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: Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig

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 depressive piazza

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: Diverse Vermilion Location Mad-dog Skullcap



(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: Aphrodisiac abusive stage filthpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2...id.#49053817)