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Possible to usurp Vault and make XO rankings industry default?

"I'm at an xo10 firm brother"
mewling mood party of the first part
  02/16/11
sure
Haunting church building
  02/16/11
you know how easy it would be to conduct the same associate ...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/16/11
...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/16/11
The key would be measuring and including things that aren't ...
mewling mood party of the first part
  02/16/11
sure. collect a ton of data. the only one you listed that wo...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/16/11
this is a very easy to execute, absolutely 180 idea and it g...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/16/11
still bumping this
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/16/11
...
Nubile Indian Lodge
  03/04/11
bump
diverse philosopher-king heaven
  02/17/11
not even a lawdood but this sounds legit
coral insane rehab dingle berry
  02/19/11
look at these free Google tools: http://www.fastcodesign....
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/16/11
...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/17/11
^----- this is even better than the first idea because you a...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/19/11
bump
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/17/11
...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/19/11
best shitter situation for associates. best face time/bil...
Cerebral Insecure Point Chad
  02/19/11
if you guaranteed anonymity and pitched it as an irreverent ...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/19/11
also, surveygizmo.com lets you conduct 100% anonymous survey...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/19/11
seriously we could probably get a few thou associates spanni...
Cerebral Insecure Point Chad
  02/19/11
it'd be easy as hell, and immediately get play on ATL and WS...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/19/11
damn, i'd be mad though if it got mad play and we got no $$$...
Cerebral Insecure Point Chad
  02/19/11
easy. sell an interview guide book, or a full guide to firms...
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/19/11
alright man, let's shelve this idea and revisit it monday mo...
Cerebral Insecure Point Chad
  02/19/11
lol k
beady-eyed sandwich boiling water
  02/19/11
No.
cream bisexual weed whacker theater stage
  02/19/11


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Date: February 16th, 2011 10:06 PM
Author: mewling mood party of the first part

"I'm at an xo10 firm brother"

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17301190)



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Date: February 16th, 2011 10:08 PM
Author: Haunting church building

sure

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17301201)



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Date: February 16th, 2011 10:18 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

you know how easy it would be to conduct the same associate survey Vault does?

1) scrape list of firm websites from Vault or NLJ250

2) scrape associate email address from firm websites

3) dump list into aweber / constant contact / etc.

4) create nice looking fancy splash page for the rankings so it looks legit

5) create & embed survey from surveymonkey

6) blast an email out during bonus season when everyone is thinking about moving anyway and most associates want to shit on their firm. maybe even use the "anti vault" approach, say it's too NYC centric, something like that.

6a) blast a second email to those that don't open the first

7) use numeric scores 1-10 rating for various things like QoL, type of work, etc. so you can create really cool proprietary data charts, like OKCupid: http://blog.okcupid.com

8) write one blog post per week releasing some of the data with charts and whimsical / funny writing style, send it out to all the blawgs (ATL, WSJ blog, Law.com, AmLaw.com). you can do this all year long until the next year's survey goes out, as you could split the data every which way.

bam, rach. i just got you a legitimate audience and made xoxo relevant again. HTH

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17301295)



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Date: February 16th, 2011 10:25 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17301347)



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Date: February 16th, 2011 10:25 PM
Author: mewling mood party of the first part

The key would be measuring and including things that aren't currently measured but which xo-ers and other prestige whores would care about:

- % of associates with summa, magna, cum laude

- % of associates from HYS CCN etc

- % of associates from HYP ugrad

- % of associates who are laterals (+firms they lateralled from)

- % associated who clerked (+ what jurisdiction / what judge)

- Average attractiveness of each associate class

- Average age of each associate class



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17301353)



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Date: February 16th, 2011 10:26 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

sure. collect a ton of data. the only one you listed that would be problematic is the average attractiveness.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17301364)



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Date: February 16th, 2011 10:33 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

this is a very easy to execute, absolutely 180 idea and it gets no attention. dumb.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17301420)



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Date: February 16th, 2011 10:47 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

still bumping this

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17301547)



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Date: March 4th, 2011 1:01 PM
Author: Nubile Indian Lodge



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17428816)



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Date: February 17th, 2011 5:15 AM
Author: diverse philosopher-king heaven

bump

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17304079)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 7:46 PM
Author: coral insane rehab dingle berry

not even a lawdood but this sounds legit

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324440)



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Date: February 16th, 2011 11:13 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

look at these free Google tools:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663247/google-opens-up-infographic-tools-for-everyones-use-2pm-embargo

http://code.google.com/apis/chart/

rach, besides the law firm ranking, you should use the data from LSN, make some cool graphics, wrap it in an interesting blog post (basically just ape OKCupid's style) and email it out weekly to blawgs.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17301745)



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Date: February 17th, 2011 7:54 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17308739)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 7:48 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

^----- this is even better than the first idea because you already have the data

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324456)



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Date: February 17th, 2011 12:53 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

bump

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17305674)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 7:39 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324393)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 7:41 PM
Author: Cerebral Insecure Point Chad

best shitter situation for associates.

best face time/billable ratio at firm.

quality of female support staff and other hot bitches you will frequently see in your building.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324407)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 7:44 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

if you guaranteed anonymity and pitched it as an irreverent Vault (trading on this place's reputation), definitely

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324429)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 7:48 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

also, surveygizmo.com lets you conduct 100% anonymous surveys (no ip logging), slightly better interface than surveymonkey.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324451)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 7:50 PM
Author: Cerebral Insecure Point Chad

seriously we could probably get a few thou associates spanning nyc, miami, la, and "overseas" to answer like 15 well-worded, relevant questions about their firm.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324460)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 7:52 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

it'd be easy as hell, and immediately get play on ATL and WSJ blawg

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324471)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 8:02 PM
Author: Cerebral Insecure Point Chad

damn, i'd be mad though if it got mad play and we got no $$$. think of jew magic to get us money and keep us anon.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324524)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 8:11 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

easy. sell an interview guide book, or a full guide to firms, or access to complete rankings, or a how to get into a top school (if you went the LSN route). create a foreign corp where ownership doesn't need to be disclosed (off the top of my head i think israeli corp laws are big on privacy, surprise surprise). sell the book through an affiliate company that pays out to foreign affiliates - almost all do. that's one of many ways to get paid and remain anonymous online.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324594)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 8:15 PM
Author: Cerebral Insecure Point Chad

alright man, let's shelve this idea and revisit it monday morning in a new thread. something about "wrassler my blue pony is primed to go" or similar ilk.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324619)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 8:16 PM
Author: beady-eyed sandwich boiling water

lol k

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324637)



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Date: February 19th, 2011 7:52 PM
Author: cream bisexual weed whacker theater stage

No.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1565079&forum_id=2#17324470)