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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: floppy rehab gunner 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: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band 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#49052012) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:42 PM Author: Tripping racy brunch The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49052822) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:45 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band 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#49052832) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:48 PM Author: Tripping racy brunch 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#49052838) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:50 PM Author: twinkling vibrant house scourge upon the earth 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#49052842) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:41 AM Author: sticky crackhouse ceo Because 20 years is a long fucking time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053272) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:52 AM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053413) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:07 AM Author: rambunctious mauve address 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#49053456) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:10 AM Author: Brass field friendly grandma 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#49053468) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:28 PM Author: Chestnut exciting rigpig space You're stuck in 2005. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49054437) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:34 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49054461) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:34 PM Author: Chestnut exciting rigpig space not disagreeing there .... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49054462) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:29 PM Author: Chestnut exciting rigpig space 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#49054440) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:46 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:28 PM Author: Hairraiser nibblets Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49052790) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:39 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49052821) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:47 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli
is this spaceporn's firm? |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:50 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49052023) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:53 AM Author: stimulating lay 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#49053336) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:50 PM Author: useless wine headpube 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#49052025) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:53 PM Author: rambunctious mauve address Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49052039) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:54 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band 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#49052044) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:20 PM Author: floppy rehab gunner 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#49052774) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:38 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band 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#49052820) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:13 AM Author: Nudist aqua range 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: razzmatazz piazza lol cr, very chill happy bros (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053406) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:10 PM Author: maroon haunted graveyard 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#49053841) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:08 PM Author: floppy rehab gunner polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49054162) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:55 PM Author: Yellow plaza wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49052048) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:57 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band where is _._. ______ law?
should be top 100 after the penis verdict |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:44 PM Author: Khaki trip garrison personal credit line (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49052828) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:30 PM Author: sable chapel messenger bag logo facing OUT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49052792) |
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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:54 PM Author: disgusting lascivious deer antler My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49052844) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:38 AM Author: pale casino potus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053127) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:01 AM Author: coral cerebral den circlehead Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053137) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:14 AM Author: Cruel-hearted lemon idea he suggested 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: out-of-control diverse native preventive strike (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#49053237) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:01 AM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band 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: Cruel-hearted lemon idea he suggested 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: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band How was penn? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053374) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:09 AM Author: rambunctious mauve address (jerry sandusky tp) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053463) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:15 AM Author: Brass field friendly grandma 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#49053489) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 1:38 PM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49054103) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:40 AM Author: provocative cuckoldry 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: Cruel-hearted lemon idea he suggested Clever Weil-bro post (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053286) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:43 AM Author: Vigorous Peach Abode Tank (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053324) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:29 AM Author: Aphrodisiac effete forum elastic band (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053373) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:43 AM Author: out-of-control diverse native preventive strike True although STB is SPS now
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:11 AM Author: Brass field friendly grandma How is STB? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053474) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:19 AM Author: odious metal background story location Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market?? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053501) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:20 AM Author: rambunctious mauve address YOURE A PARTNER (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053507) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:20 PM Author: sable chapel 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#49054201) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:01 PM Author: fluffy party of the first part (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053812) |
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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:02 PM Author: rambunctious mauve address (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2#49053817) |