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

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Transparent chapel
  06/26/25
how did S&C, DPW and STB all slip out of the top 5 over ...
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/26/25
The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number on...
out-of-control thriller selfie
  06/26/25
cq. and how did skadden go from long-time top 2-3 to barely ...
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/26/25
They must be bribing people or have some other scam. They&rs...
out-of-control thriller selfie
  06/26/25
the same way any giants slip. lack of innovation and failur...
aphrodisiac puce coffee pot
  06/26/25
Because 20 years is a long fucking time?
flesh haunting nowag
  06/27/25
still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/27/25
its still flame. no one thinks kirkland or latham is better ...
mustard cocky goyim
  06/27/25
CR. This whole “Kirkland is an elite firm” thin...
fighting son of senegal lettuce
  06/27/25
You're stuck in 2005.
Thirsty Lascivious Box Office
  06/27/25
so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/27/25
not disagreeing there ....
Thirsty Lascivious Box Office
  06/27/25
Yes they do. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 ye...
Thirsty Lascivious Box Office
  06/27/25
wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/26/25
Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger?
exhilarant smoky place of business community account
  06/26/25
rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme ...
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/26/25
and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli is this spaceporn's firm?
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/26/25
wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/26/25
Very prestigious Kansas City, Missouri, firm with a storied ...
Cerebral Immigrant
  06/27/25
180. Good for Millbank buying their way into the V10 via ass...
bronze space associate
  06/26/25
Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble
mustard cocky goyim
  06/26/25
At Boies Schiller Flexner, associates toss aside the life ve...
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/26/25
You know you’ve made it in the legal industry when you...
Transparent chapel
  06/26/25
Get your passport ready—DLA Piper has more than 90 off...
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/26/25
Sidley — Come for the sophisticated work and stay for ...
fluffy elite sanctuary
  06/27/25
lol cr, very chill happy bros
Sooty deep parlour
  06/27/25
I’ve worked at three big law firms and Sidley was the ...
Multi-colored jap
  06/27/25
polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama
Transparent chapel
  06/27/25
wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith?
dull property digit ratio
  06/26/25
where is _._. ______ law? should be top 100 after the pen...
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/26/25
...
indigo school
  06/26/25
messenger bag logo facing OUT
Wine soul-stirring yarmulke
  06/26/25
My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot
180 chartreuse love of her life gay wizard
  06/26/25
...
House-broken Mad Cow Disease Kitty
  06/27/25
Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank?
motley cyan market milk
  06/27/25
What's board consensus on claiming vault prestige: (a) ranki...
blue kitty cat
  06/27/25
(c), with the argument that it was your hard work that made ...
gay fortuitous meteor
  06/27/25
relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings. (ask...
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/27/25
I think the bands are consistent enough to just use them: ...
blue kitty cat
  06/27/25
How was penn?
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/27/25
(jerry sandusky tp)
mustard cocky goyim
  06/27/25
I bet the “Carey” 2 and 3Ls would not be happy i...
fighting son of senegal lettuce
  06/27/25
...
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/27/25
I’m currently at a V10 and I’d say consensus her...
Passionate Crimson Parlor Jew
  06/27/25
Clever Weil-bro post
blue kitty cat
  06/27/25
...
fishy swashbuckling hell
  06/27/25
...
Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef
  06/27/25
True although STB is SPS now
gay fortuitous meteor
  06/27/25
How is STB?
fighting son of senegal lettuce
  06/27/25
Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market??
Abnormal very tactful menage pozpig
  06/27/25
YOURE A PARTNER
mustard cocky goyim
  06/27/25
Man, it's still a great shtick for them. In-house business ...
Wine soul-stirring yarmulke
  06/27/25
...
Claret volcanic crater
  06/27/25
...
mustard cocky goyim
  06/27/25


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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: Transparent chapel

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: out-of-control thriller selfie

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: out-of-control thriller selfie

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: aphrodisiac puce coffee pot

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: flesh haunting nowag

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: mustard cocky goyim

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: fighting son of senegal lettuce

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: Thirsty Lascivious Box Office

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: Thirsty Lascivious Box Office

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: Thirsty Lascivious Box Office

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: exhilarant smoky place of business community account

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: Cerebral Immigrant

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: bronze space associate

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: mustard cocky goyim

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: Transparent chapel

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: fluffy elite sanctuary

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: Sooty deep parlour

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: Multi-colored jap

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: Transparent chapel

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: dull property digit ratio

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: indigo school



(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: Wine soul-stirring yarmulke

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: 180 chartreuse love of her life gay wizard

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: House-broken Mad Cow Disease Kitty



(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: motley cyan market milk

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: blue kitty cat

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: gay fortuitous meteor

(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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: blue kitty cat

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef

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: mustard cocky goyim

(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: fighting son of senegal lettuce

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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef



(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: Passionate Crimson Parlor Jew

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: blue kitty cat

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: fishy swashbuckling hell



(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: Bonkers Step-uncle's House Roast Beef



(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: gay fortuitous meteor

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: fighting son of senegal lettuce

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: Abnormal very tactful menage pozpig

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: mustard cocky goyim

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: Wine soul-stirring yarmulke

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: Claret volcanic crater



(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: mustard cocky goyim



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