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

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bossy beady-eyed regret
  06/26/25
how did S&C, DPW and STB all slip out of the top 5 over ...
bateful meetinghouse
  06/26/25
The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number on...
Harsh embarrassed to the bone azn
  06/26/25
cq. and how did skadden go from long-time top 2-3 to barely ...
bateful meetinghouse
  06/26/25
They must be bribing people or have some other scam. They&rs...
Harsh embarrassed to the bone azn
  06/26/25
the same way any giants slip. lack of innovation and failur...
Cordovan pit hominid
  06/26/25
Because 20 years is a long fucking time?
Hairless passionate temple
  06/27/25
still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years
bateful meetinghouse
  06/27/25
its still flame. no one thinks kirkland or latham is better ...
Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon
  06/27/25
CR. This whole “Kirkland is an elite firm” thin...
Supple gay wagecucks station
  06/27/25
You're stuck in 2005.
Peach very tactful crackhouse
  06/27/25
so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way
bateful meetinghouse
  06/27/25
not disagreeing there ....
Peach very tactful crackhouse
  06/27/25
Yes they do. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 ye...
Peach very tactful crackhouse
  06/27/25
wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
bateful meetinghouse
  06/26/25
Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger?
Olive fluffy tattoo
  06/26/25
rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme ...
bateful meetinghouse
  06/26/25
and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli is this spaceporn's firm?
bateful meetinghouse
  06/26/25
wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP
bateful meetinghouse
  06/26/25
Very prestigious Kansas City, Missouri, firm with a storied ...
Learning Disabled Ladyboy
  06/27/25
180. Good for Millbank buying their way into the V10 via ass...
federal trump supporter rehab
  06/26/25
Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble
Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon
  06/26/25
At Boies Schiller Flexner, associates toss aside the life ve...
bateful meetinghouse
  06/26/25
You know you’ve made it in the legal industry when you...
bossy beady-eyed regret
  06/26/25
Get your passport ready—DLA Piper has more than 90 off...
bateful meetinghouse
  06/26/25
Sidley — Come for the sophisticated work and stay for ...
citrine dragon
  06/27/25
lol cr, very chill happy bros
vermilion travel guidebook karate
  06/27/25
I’ve worked at three big law firms and Sidley was the ...
anal nursing home
  06/27/25
polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama
bossy beady-eyed regret
  06/27/25
wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith?
snowy water buffalo ticket booth
  06/26/25
where is _._. ______ law? should be top 100 after the pen...
bateful meetinghouse
  06/26/25
...
razzmatazz hyperventilating cuckold
  06/26/25
messenger bag logo facing OUT
Salmon doctorate shrine
  06/26/25
My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot
frum domesticated haunted graveyard
  06/26/25
...
comical topaz skinny woman
  06/27/25
Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank?
Swashbuckling Crotch
  06/27/25
What's board consensus on claiming vault prestige: (a) ranki...
Stirring bat shit crazy tanning salon
  06/27/25
(c), with the argument that it was your hard work that made ...
Vibrant Organic Girlfriend
  06/27/25
relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings. (ask...
bateful meetinghouse
  06/27/25
I think the bands are consistent enough to just use them: ...
Stirring bat shit crazy tanning salon
  06/27/25
How was penn?
bateful meetinghouse
  06/27/25
(jerry sandusky tp)
Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon
  06/27/25
I bet the “Carey” 2 and 3Ls would not be happy i...
Supple gay wagecucks station
  06/27/25
...
bateful meetinghouse
  06/27/25
I’m currently at a V10 and I’d say consensus her...
claret bull headed den
  06/27/25
Clever Weil-bro post
Stirring bat shit crazy tanning salon
  06/27/25
...
exciting crimson cuckoldry
  06/27/25
...
bateful meetinghouse
  06/27/25
True although STB is SPS now
Vibrant Organic Girlfriend
  06/27/25
How is STB?
Supple gay wagecucks station
  06/27/25
Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market??
maroon exhilarant depressive
  06/27/25
YOURE A PARTNER
Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon
  06/27/25
Man, it's still a great shtick for them. In-house business ...
Salmon doctorate shrine
  06/27/25
...
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Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: bossy beady-eyed regret

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: Harsh embarrassed to the bone azn

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: Harsh embarrassed to the bone azn

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: Cordovan pit hominid

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: Hairless passionate temple

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon

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: Supple gay wagecucks station

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: Peach very tactful crackhouse

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: Peach very tactful crackhouse

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: Peach very tactful crackhouse

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: Olive fluffy tattoo

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: Learning Disabled Ladyboy

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: federal trump supporter rehab

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: Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: bossy beady-eyed regret

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: citrine dragon

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: vermilion travel guidebook karate

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: anal nursing home

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: bossy beady-eyed regret

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: snowy water buffalo ticket booth

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: razzmatazz hyperventilating cuckold



(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: Salmon doctorate shrine

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: frum domesticated haunted graveyard

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: comical topaz skinny woman



(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: Swashbuckling Crotch

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: Stirring bat shit crazy tanning salon

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: Vibrant Organic Girlfriend

(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: bateful meetinghouse

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: Stirring bat shit crazy tanning salon

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: bateful meetinghouse

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: Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon

(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: Supple gay wagecucks station

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: bateful meetinghouse



(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: claret bull headed den

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: Stirring bat shit crazy tanning salon

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: exciting crimson cuckoldry



(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: bateful meetinghouse



(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: Vibrant Organic Girlfriend

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: Supple gay wagecucks station

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: maroon exhilarant depressive

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: Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon

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: Salmon doctorate shrine

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: concupiscible internet-worthy degenerate address



(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: Wonderful sadistic stage quadroon



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