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  06/26/25
how did S&C, DPW and STB all slip out of the top 5 over ...
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/26/25
The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number on...
Thriller Wagecucks
  06/26/25
cq. and how did skadden go from long-time top 2-3 to barely ...
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/26/25
They must be bribing people or have some other scam. They&rs...
Thriller Wagecucks
  06/26/25
the same way any giants slip. lack of innovation and failur...
spectacular canary haunted graveyard prole
  06/26/25
Because 20 years is a long fucking time?
Burgundy lay famous landscape painting
  06/27/25
still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/27/25
its still flame. no one thinks kirkland or latham is better ...
cerebral range boiling water
  06/27/25
CR. This whole “Kirkland is an elite firm” thin...
fighting telephone ceo
  06/27/25
You're stuck in 2005.
flickering know-it-all therapy
  06/27/25
so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/27/25
not disagreeing there ....
flickering know-it-all therapy
  06/27/25
Yes they do. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 ye...
flickering know-it-all therapy
  06/27/25
wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/26/25
Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger?
Irate center
  06/26/25
rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme ...
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/26/25
and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli is this spaceporn's firm?
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/26/25
wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/26/25
Very prestigious Kansas City, Missouri, firm with a storied ...
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  06/27/25
180. Good for Millbank buying their way into the V10 via ass...
fragrant walnut masturbator
  06/26/25
Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble
cerebral range boiling water
  06/26/25
At Boies Schiller Flexner, associates toss aside the life ve...
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/26/25
You know you’ve made it in the legal industry when you...
Startled submissive principal's office personal credit line
  06/26/25
Get your passport ready—DLA Piper has more than 90 off...
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/26/25
Sidley — Come for the sophisticated work and stay for ...
hilarious chapel hominid
  06/27/25
lol cr, very chill happy bros
Unhinged Aphrodisiac Alpha Windowlicker
  06/27/25
I’ve worked at three big law firms and Sidley was the ...
buck-toothed idea he suggested
  06/27/25
polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama
Startled submissive principal's office personal credit line
  06/27/25
wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith?
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  06/26/25
where is _._. ______ law? should be top 100 after the pen...
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  06/26/25
...
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My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot
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...
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Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank?
turquoise chest-beating spot
  06/27/25
What's board consensus on claiming vault prestige: (a) ranki...
white razzmatazz national
  06/27/25
(c), with the argument that it was your hard work that made ...
Disturbing high-end box office
  06/27/25
relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings. (ask...
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/27/25
I think the bands are consistent enough to just use them: ...
white razzmatazz national
  06/27/25
How was penn?
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/27/25
(jerry sandusky tp)
cerebral range boiling water
  06/27/25
I bet the “Carey” 2 and 3Ls would not be happy i...
fighting telephone ceo
  06/27/25
...
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/27/25
I’m currently at a V10 and I’d say consensus her...
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Clever Weil-bro post
white razzmatazz national
  06/27/25
...
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  06/27/25
...
talented nursing home keepsake machete
  06/27/25
True although STB is SPS now
Disturbing high-end box office
  06/27/25
How is STB?
fighting telephone ceo
  06/27/25
Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market??
Coiffed station
  06/27/25
YOURE A PARTNER
cerebral range boiling water
  06/27/25
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: Startled submissive principal's office personal credit line

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: Thriller Wagecucks

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: Thriller Wagecucks

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: spectacular canary haunted graveyard prole

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: Burgundy lay famous landscape painting

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: cerebral range boiling water

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: fighting telephone ceo

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: flickering know-it-all therapy

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: flickering know-it-all therapy

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: flickering know-it-all therapy

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: Irate center

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: Citrine Hairraiser Potus Parlour

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: fragrant walnut masturbator

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: cerebral range boiling water

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: Startled submissive principal's office personal credit line

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: hilarious chapel hominid

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: Unhinged Aphrodisiac Alpha Windowlicker

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: buck-toothed idea he suggested

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: Startled submissive principal's office personal credit line

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: cream odious gas station

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: Sinister mother toilet seat



(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: Drab provocative plaza

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: ebony lascivious set depressive

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: bipolar garnet stead



(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: turquoise chest-beating spot

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: white razzmatazz national

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: Disturbing high-end box office

(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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: white razzmatazz national

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete

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: cerebral range boiling water

(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: fighting telephone ceo

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: talented nursing home keepsake machete



(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: motley awkward dopamine community account

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: white razzmatazz national

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: titillating house filthpig



(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: talented nursing home keepsake machete



(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: Disturbing high-end box office

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: fighting telephone ceo

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: Coiffed station

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: cerebral range boiling water

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: Drab provocative plaza

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: Passionate balding stage bbw



(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: cerebral range boiling water



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