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

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Cerebral cheese-eating business firm feces
  06/26/25
how did S&C, DPW and STB all slip out of the top 5 over ...
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/26/25
The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number on...
passionate deer antler scourge upon the earth
  06/26/25
cq. and how did skadden go from long-time top 2-3 to barely ...
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/26/25
They must be bribing people or have some other scam. They&rs...
passionate deer antler scourge upon the earth
  06/26/25
the same way any giants slip. lack of innovation and failur...
Charismatic geriatric locus antidepressant drug
  06/26/25
Because 20 years is a long fucking time?
chest-beating cumskin useless brakes
  06/27/25
still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/27/25
its still flame. no one thinks kirkland or latham is better ...
Haunting insane library sneaky criminal
  06/27/25
CR. This whole “Kirkland is an elite firm” thin...
fiercely-loyal set
  06/27/25
You're stuck in 2005.
milky razzle-dazzle kitchen
  06/27/25
so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/27/25
not disagreeing there ....
milky razzle-dazzle kitchen
  06/27/25
Yes they do. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 ye...
milky razzle-dazzle kitchen
  06/27/25
wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/26/25
Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger?
Slippery Lodge Sex Offender
  06/26/25
rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme ...
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/26/25
and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli is this spaceporn's firm?
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/26/25
wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/26/25
Very prestigious Kansas City, Missouri, firm with a storied ...
contagious blue background story pervert
  06/27/25
180. Good for Millbank buying their way into the V10 via ass...
aromatic salmon bbw
  06/26/25
Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble
Haunting insane library sneaky criminal
  06/26/25
At Boies Schiller Flexner, associates toss aside the life ve...
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/26/25
You know you’ve made it in the legal industry when you...
Cerebral cheese-eating business firm feces
  06/26/25
Get your passport ready—DLA Piper has more than 90 off...
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/26/25
Sidley — Come for the sophisticated work and stay for ...
Ruby nowag
  06/27/25
lol cr, very chill happy bros
arrogant dragon
  06/27/25
I’ve worked at three big law firms and Sidley was the ...
Gaped Round Eye Sandwich
  06/27/25
polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama
Cerebral cheese-eating business firm feces
  06/27/25
wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith?
cracking nofapping knife
  06/26/25
where is _._. ______ law? should be top 100 after the pen...
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/26/25
...
vengeful church building
  06/26/25
messenger bag logo facing OUT
elite voyeur milk
  06/26/25
My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot
Stimulating Site Karate
  06/26/25
...
bateful property dysfunction
  06/27/25
Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank?
flushed digit ratio
  06/27/25
What's board consensus on claiming vault prestige: (a) ranki...
Brindle parlour
  06/27/25
(c), with the argument that it was your hard work that made ...
histrionic church idiot
  06/27/25
relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings. (ask...
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/27/25
I think the bands are consistent enough to just use them: ...
Brindle parlour
  06/27/25
How was penn?
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/27/25
(jerry sandusky tp)
Haunting insane library sneaky criminal
  06/27/25
I bet the “Carey” 2 and 3Ls would not be happy i...
fiercely-loyal set
  06/27/25
...
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/27/25
I’m currently at a V10 and I’d say consensus her...
curious potus juggernaut
  06/27/25
Clever Weil-bro post
Brindle parlour
  06/27/25
...
ruddy temple
  06/27/25
...
sepia hissy fit abode
  06/27/25
True although STB is SPS now
histrionic church idiot
  06/27/25
How is STB?
fiercely-loyal set
  06/27/25
Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market??
Magical frisky space
  06/27/25
YOURE A PARTNER
Haunting insane library sneaky criminal
  06/27/25
Man, it's still a great shtick for them. In-house business ...
elite voyeur milk
  06/27/25
...
misanthropic swashbuckling trailer park
  06/27/25
...
Haunting insane library sneaky criminal
  06/27/25


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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: Cerebral cheese-eating business firm feces

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: passionate deer antler scourge upon the earth

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: passionate deer antler scourge upon the earth

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: Charismatic geriatric locus antidepressant drug

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: chest-beating cumskin useless brakes

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: Haunting insane library sneaky criminal

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: fiercely-loyal set

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: milky razzle-dazzle kitchen

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: milky razzle-dazzle kitchen

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: milky razzle-dazzle kitchen

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: Slippery Lodge Sex Offender

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: contagious blue background story pervert

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: aromatic salmon bbw

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: Haunting insane library sneaky criminal

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: Cerebral cheese-eating business firm feces

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: Ruby nowag

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: arrogant dragon

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: Gaped Round Eye Sandwich

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: Cerebral cheese-eating business firm feces

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: cracking nofapping knife

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: vengeful church building



(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: elite voyeur milk

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: Stimulating Site Karate

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: bateful property dysfunction



(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: flushed digit ratio

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: Brindle parlour

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 church idiot

(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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: Brindle parlour

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: sepia hissy fit abode

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: Haunting insane library sneaky criminal

(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: fiercely-loyal set

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: sepia hissy fit abode



(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: curious potus juggernaut

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: Brindle parlour

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: ruddy temple



(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: sepia hissy fit abode



(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 church idiot

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: fiercely-loyal set

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: Magical frisky space

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: Haunting insane library sneaky criminal

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: elite voyeur milk

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: misanthropic swashbuckling trailer park



(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: Haunting insane library sneaky criminal



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