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

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bipolar house-broken mental disorder
  06/26/25
how did S&C, DPW and STB all slip out of the top 5 over ...
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/26/25
The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number on...
cobalt property therapy
  06/26/25
cq. and how did skadden go from long-time top 2-3 to barely ...
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/26/25
They must be bribing people or have some other scam. They&rs...
cobalt property therapy
  06/26/25
the same way any giants slip. lack of innovation and failur...
dashing costumed kitchen
  06/26/25
Because 20 years is a long fucking time?
180 bat shit crazy weed whacker
  06/27/25
still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/27/25
its still flame. no one thinks kirkland or latham is better ...
heady hilarious background story nursing home
  06/27/25
CR. This whole “Kirkland is an elite firm” thin...
Twinkling Half-breed
  06/27/25
You're stuck in 2005.
insanely creepy house
  06/27/25
so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/27/25
not disagreeing there ....
insanely creepy house
  06/27/25
Yes they do. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 ye...
insanely creepy house
  06/27/25
wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/26/25
Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger?
Lascivious box office cumskin
  06/26/25
rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme ...
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/26/25
and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli is this spaceporn's firm?
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/26/25
wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/26/25
Very prestigious Kansas City, Missouri, firm with a storied ...
Lavender school cafeteria
  06/27/25
180. Good for Millbank buying their way into the V10 via ass...
self-centered coral dilemma
  06/26/25
Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble
heady hilarious background story nursing home
  06/26/25
At Boies Schiller Flexner, associates toss aside the life ve...
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/26/25
You know you’ve made it in the legal industry when you...
bipolar house-broken mental disorder
  06/26/25
Get your passport ready—DLA Piper has more than 90 off...
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/26/25
Sidley — Come for the sophisticated work and stay for ...
Pearly philosopher-king
  06/27/25
lol cr, very chill happy bros
Scarlet cuck
  06/27/25
I’ve worked at three big law firms and Sidley was the ...
mildly autistic boltzmann pit
  06/27/25
polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama
bipolar house-broken mental disorder
  06/27/25
wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith?
Hyperventilating garrison
  06/26/25
where is _._. ______ law? should be top 100 after the pen...
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/26/25
...
big pale national dopamine
  06/26/25
messenger bag logo facing OUT
spectacular gay immigrant
  06/26/25
My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot
vigorous temple masturbator
  06/26/25
...
Mustard multi-colored newt hospital
  06/27/25
Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank?
clear exciting stead
  06/27/25
What's board consensus on claiming vault prestige: (a) ranki...
Cracking stage windowlicker
  06/27/25
(c), with the argument that it was your hard work that made ...
Histrionic orange native double fault
  06/27/25
relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings. (ask...
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/27/25
I think the bands are consistent enough to just use them: ...
Cracking stage windowlicker
  06/27/25
How was penn?
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/27/25
(jerry sandusky tp)
heady hilarious background story nursing home
  06/27/25
I bet the “Carey” 2 and 3Ls would not be happy i...
Twinkling Half-breed
  06/27/25
...
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/27/25
I’m currently at a V10 and I’d say consensus her...
Flushed Motley Digit Ratio
  06/27/25
Clever Weil-bro post
Cracking stage windowlicker
  06/27/25
...
excitant talking crotch
  06/27/25
...
Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House
  06/27/25
True although STB is SPS now
Histrionic orange native double fault
  06/27/25
How is STB?
Twinkling Half-breed
  06/27/25
Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market??
Domesticated menage
  06/27/25
YOURE A PARTNER
heady hilarious background story nursing home
  06/27/25
Man, it's still a great shtick for them. In-house business ...
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  06/27/25
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: bipolar house-broken mental disorder

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#49052006)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:44 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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: cobalt property therapy

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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: cobalt property therapy

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: dashing costumed kitchen

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: 180 bat shit crazy weed whacker

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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: heady hilarious background story nursing home

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: Twinkling Half-breed

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: insanely creepy house

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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: insanely creepy house

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: insanely creepy house

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke



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



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Lascivious box office cumskin

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli

is this spaceporn's firm?

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



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:50 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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: Lavender school cafeteria

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: self-centered coral dilemma

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: heady hilarious background story nursing home

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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: bipolar house-broken mental disorder

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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: Pearly philosopher-king

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#49053140)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Scarlet cuck

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: mildly autistic boltzmann pit

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: bipolar house-broken mental disorder

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: Hyperventilating garrison

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

where is _._. ______ law?

should be top 100 after the penis verdict

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



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:44 PM
Author: big pale national dopamine



(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: spectacular gay immigrant

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: vigorous temple masturbator

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: Mustard multi-colored newt hospital



(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: clear exciting stead

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: Cracking stage windowlicker

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#49053216)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: Histrionic orange native double fault

(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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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#49053245)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: Cracking stage windowlicker

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#49053287)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House

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: heady hilarious background story nursing home

(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: Twinkling Half-breed

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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House



(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: Flushed Motley Digit Ratio

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#49053271)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:03 AM
Author: Cracking stage windowlicker

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: excitant talking crotch



(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: Mind-boggling Nudist Step-uncle's House



(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: Histrionic orange native double fault

True although STB is SPS now



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



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:11 AM
Author: Twinkling Half-breed

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: Domesticated menage

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: heady hilarious background story nursing home

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: spectacular gay immigrant

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: citrine charismatic parlor laser beams



(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: heady hilarious background story nursing home



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