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Buff Pontificating Legend
  06/26/25
how did S&C, DPW and STB all slip out of the top 5 over ...
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/26/25
The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number on...
aquamarine fantasy-prone forum blood rage
  06/26/25
cq. and how did skadden go from long-time top 2-3 to barely ...
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/26/25
They must be bribing people or have some other scam. They&rs...
aquamarine fantasy-prone forum blood rage
  06/26/25
the same way any giants slip. lack of innovation and failur...
Cream Market
  06/26/25
Because 20 years is a long fucking time?
thriller sex offender pisswyrm
  06/27/25
still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/27/25
its still flame. no one thinks kirkland or latham is better ...
Dark public bath hunting ground
  06/27/25
CR. This whole “Kirkland is an elite firm” thin...
stirring brunch mad cow disease
  06/27/25
You're stuck in 2005.
peach kink-friendly alpha liquid oxygen
  06/27/25
so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/27/25
not disagreeing there ....
peach kink-friendly alpha liquid oxygen
  06/27/25
Yes they do. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 ye...
peach kink-friendly alpha liquid oxygen
  06/27/25
wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/26/25
Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger?
Twisted aromatic boltzmann
  06/26/25
rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme ...
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/26/25
and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli is this spaceporn's firm?
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/26/25
wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/26/25
Very prestigious Kansas City, Missouri, firm with a storied ...
appetizing bearded center pocket flask
  06/27/25
180. Good for Millbank buying their way into the V10 via ass...
Vivacious step-uncle's house toilet seat
  06/26/25
Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble
Dark public bath hunting ground
  06/26/25
At Boies Schiller Flexner, associates toss aside the life ve...
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/26/25
You know you’ve made it in the legal industry when you...
Buff Pontificating Legend
  06/26/25
Get your passport ready—DLA Piper has more than 90 off...
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/26/25
Sidley — Come for the sophisticated work and stay for ...
exciting fanboi
  06/27/25
lol cr, very chill happy bros
swashbuckling bat shit crazy deer antler
  06/27/25
I’ve worked at three big law firms and Sidley was the ...
Hairraiser internal respiration abode
  06/27/25
polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama
Buff Pontificating Legend
  06/27/25
wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith?
Multi-colored meetinghouse ceo
  06/26/25
where is _._. ______ law? should be top 100 after the pen...
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/26/25
...
zippy supple pit french chef
  06/26/25
messenger bag logo facing OUT
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  06/26/25
My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot
Chartreuse excitant property sandwich
  06/26/25
...
cerebral coral milk
  06/27/25
Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank?
domesticated pistol
  06/27/25
What's board consensus on claiming vault prestige: (a) ranki...
heady rusted whorehouse community account
  06/27/25
(c), with the argument that it was your hard work that made ...
Cordovan charismatic people who are hurt
  06/27/25
relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings. (ask...
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/27/25
I think the bands are consistent enough to just use them: ...
heady rusted whorehouse community account
  06/27/25
How was penn?
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/27/25
(jerry sandusky tp)
Dark public bath hunting ground
  06/27/25
I bet the “Carey” 2 and 3Ls would not be happy i...
stirring brunch mad cow disease
  06/27/25
...
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/27/25
I’m currently at a V10 and I’d say consensus her...
carmine arousing crackhouse
  06/27/25
Clever Weil-bro post
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  06/27/25
...
Saffron Stimulating Dingle Berry Theater
  06/27/25
...
Anal soul-stirring menage gunner
  06/27/25
True although STB is SPS now
Cordovan charismatic people who are hurt
  06/27/25
How is STB?
stirring brunch mad cow disease
  06/27/25
Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market??
provocative den indirect expression
  06/27/25
YOURE A PARTNER
Dark public bath hunting ground
  06/27/25
Man, it's still a great shtick for them. In-house business ...
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: Buff Pontificating Legend

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=2E#49052006)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:44 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

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=2E#49052012)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:42 PM
Author: aquamarine fantasy-prone forum blood rage

The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49052822)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:45 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

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=2E#49052832)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:48 PM
Author: aquamarine fantasy-prone forum blood rage

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=2E#49052838)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:50 PM
Author: Cream Market

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=2E#49052842)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:41 AM
Author: thriller sex offender pisswyrm

Because 20 years is a long fucking time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053272)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053413)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:07 AM
Author: Dark public bath hunting ground

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=2E#49053456)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: stirring brunch mad cow disease

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=2E#49053468)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: peach kink-friendly alpha liquid oxygen

You're stuck in 2005.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49054437)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49054461)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:34 PM
Author: peach kink-friendly alpha liquid oxygen

not disagreeing there ....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49054462)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:29 PM
Author: peach kink-friendly alpha liquid oxygen

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=2E#49054440)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:46 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke



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



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Twisted aromatic boltzmann

Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49052790)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme biglaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49052821)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:47 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli

is this spaceporn's firm?

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



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:50 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49052023)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:53 AM
Author: appetizing bearded center pocket flask

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=2E#49053336)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:50 PM
Author: Vivacious step-uncle's house toilet seat

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=2E#49052025)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:53 PM
Author: Dark public bath hunting ground

Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49052039)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:54 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

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=2E#49052044)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: Buff Pontificating Legend

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=2E#49052774)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:38 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

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=2E#49052820)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:13 AM
Author: exciting fanboi

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=2E#49053140)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: swashbuckling bat shit crazy deer antler

lol cr, very chill happy bros

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053406)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:10 PM
Author: Hairraiser internal respiration abode

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=2E#49053841)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: Buff Pontificating Legend

polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49054162)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:55 PM
Author: Multi-colored meetinghouse ceo

wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49052048)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

where is _._. ______ law?

should be top 100 after the penis verdict

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



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:44 PM
Author: zippy supple pit french chef



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49052828)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:30 PM
Author: Primrose mentally impaired shrine bbw

messenger bag logo facing OUT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49052792)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:54 PM
Author: Chartreuse excitant property sandwich

My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49052844)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:38 AM
Author: cerebral coral milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053127)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:01 AM
Author: domesticated pistol

Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053137)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:14 AM
Author: heady rusted whorehouse community account

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=2E#49053216)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: Cordovan charismatic people who are hurt

(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=2E#49053237)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:01 AM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

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=2E#49053245)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:05 AM
Author: heady rusted whorehouse community account

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=2E#49053287)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner

How was penn?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053374)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Dark public bath hunting ground

(jerry sandusky tp)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053463)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:15 AM
Author: stirring brunch mad cow disease

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=2E#49053489)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 1:38 PM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49054103)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:40 AM
Author: carmine arousing crackhouse

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=2E#49053271)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:03 AM
Author: heady rusted whorehouse community account

Clever Weil-bro post

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053286)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 8:43 AM
Author: Saffron Stimulating Dingle Berry Theater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053324)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:29 AM
Author: Anal soul-stirring menage gunner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053373)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: Cordovan charismatic people who are hurt

True although STB is SPS now



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



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:11 AM
Author: stirring brunch mad cow disease

How is STB?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053474)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:19 AM
Author: provocative den indirect expression

Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053501)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:20 AM
Author: Dark public bath hunting ground

YOURE A PARTNER

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053507)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:20 PM
Author: Primrose mentally impaired shrine bbw

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=2E#49054201)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:01 PM
Author: Brass lascivious resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743509&forum_id=2E#49053812)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: Dark public bath hunting ground



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