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PSA: Jones Day is ranked 15 by Vault and doesn't pay lockstep

Senior associates making $260k. This is a SHIT profession.
greedy field
  06/15/18
“I like working for a firm that has its finances in order!”
Titillating Henna Gaming Laptop
  06/15/18
As I understand it.
razzle tan institution love of her life
  06/15/18
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Stirring garnet shitlib brunch
  06/15/18
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Stirring garnet shitlib brunch
  02/12/22
they're a rust belt firm filled with miserable strivers. th...
Heady pearly nursing home idea he suggested
  06/15/18
oh we got a legal expert here
Beady-eyed station
  10/06/21
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greedy field
  02/12/22
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Martin Skhreli
  08/12/25
they have no debt as I understand it
Slimy demanding market giraffe
  06/15/18
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Stirring garnet shitlib brunch
  06/15/18
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Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria
  06/15/18
260k is a huge salary
Slimy demanding market giraffe
  06/15/18
goes a long way in shaker heights
Gold stimulating marketing idea
  06/15/18
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Idiotic chrome state
  06/15/18
Cr. Thats city janitor money
Stirring garnet shitlib brunch
  06/15/18
Something tells me they have no problems hiring. The legal ...
glittery maize crackhouse dragon
  06/15/18
How did this shit analysis not get called out in 2018? V25 ...
Citrine point milk
  02/12/21
It's probably a decent firm if you want to increase your cha...
Concupiscible indecent mood piazza
  06/15/18
they de-equitize all the time. so yea, if you want to live ...
Heady pearly nursing home idea he suggested
  06/15/18
sounds 180
Slimy demanding market giraffe
  06/15/18
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Idiotic chrome state
  06/15/18
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Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria
  06/15/18
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Stirring garnet shitlib brunch
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  06/15/18
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Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria
  06/15/18
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Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria
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Concupiscible indecent mood piazza
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swollen slap-happy corner haunted graveyard
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Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria
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swollen slap-happy corner haunted graveyard
  10/06/21
is this that coked up "written work, the way 9.3 intera...
greedy field
  10/06/21
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greedy field
  01/18/25
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I hate being a lawyer and want to die
  08/12/25
omg 260k where do they get off
Comical green rigpig
  06/15/18
For the record I’m at a much lower ranked firm that doesn’t ...
greedy field
  06/15/18
p depressing news going into the weekend
mischievous mad cow disease
  06/15/18
Eat my dick nigger lover
greedy field
  06/15/18
your unraveling before our eyes has become the dumpster fire...
mischievous mad cow disease
  06/15/18
Explain
greedy field
  06/15/18
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greedy field
  06/16/18
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greedy field
  09/04/18
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swollen slap-happy corner haunted graveyard
  06/16/18
yeah, but with "Jones Day" on your resume, you put...
Vivacious abusive liquid oxygen
  06/15/18
To be fair, *Jones Days, Nights, and Weekends
Topaz Hell
  06/15/18
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greedy field
  02/12/21
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fuchsia dilemma travel guidebook
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Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria
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greedy field
  10/14/21
I make less than that as a V50 Of Counsel.
Pale Stage Useless Brakes
  02/12/21
holy shit out the firm
Irate puppy sex offender
  02/12/21
or at least give us vault range. that is really low.
greedy field
  02/12/21
Gotta be flame. First years make 200k minimum now.
supple frozen casino
  02/12/21
it might not be flame. there is severe salary compression a...
greedy field
  02/12/21
That’s a good point, I woulda thought most v50s pay cr...
supple frozen casino
  02/12/21
i think most v50s do, but there are some outliers.
greedy field
  02/15/21
They systematically overpay top performers though. If you'r...
Arousing Site Digit Ratio
  02/12/21
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fuchsia dilemma travel guidebook
  02/12/21
No they don't. No associate at Jones Day makes more than an...
Pale Stage Useless Brakes
  02/12/21
Then explain why a high performer would stay knowing they ca...
Arousing Site Digit Ratio
  02/12/21
Better partnership odds
lavender motley lay
  02/12/21
That's a fair point, it seems like they have larger partner ...
Arousing Site Digit Ratio
  02/12/21
Not longer than most V20s, which are 10 years plus, except f...
lavender motley lay
  02/12/21
(Stevie Brogan)
Irate puppy sex offender
  02/12/21
lol no
Big hall mexican
  02/12/21
how hard to lateral from NYC/Chicago v50 to Jones Day Clevel...
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greedy field
  06/29/21
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greedy field
  10/06/21
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odious rigor abode
  10/06/21
that's why they're as high as they are. feature, not a bug.
Lascivious duck-like main people
  10/06/21
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greedy field
  02/12/22


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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:24 PM
Author: greedy field

Senior associates making $260k. This is a SHIT profession.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36252934)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:27 PM
Author: Titillating Henna Gaming Laptop

“I like working for a firm that has its finances in order!”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36252952)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:33 PM
Author: razzle tan institution love of her life

As I understand it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36253562)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:37 PM
Author: Stirring garnet shitlib brunch



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Date: February 12th, 2022 8:55 AM
Author: Stirring garnet shitlib brunch



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: Heady pearly nursing home idea he suggested

they're a rust belt firm filled with miserable strivers. the high ranking is from their NY and DC specialty practices, which didn't arrive until the 80s. they lost their entire DC office when it broke off to form crowell & moring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36252972)



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:10 PM
Author: Beady-eyed station

oh we got a legal expert here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#43231415)



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Date: February 12th, 2022 8:41 AM
Author: greedy field



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Date: August 12th, 2025 12:15 PM
Author: Martin Skhreli ((zurich is stained))



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: Slimy demanding market giraffe

they have no debt as I understand it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36252979)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:48 PM
Author: Stirring garnet shitlib brunch



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:42 PM
Author: Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:33 PM
Author: Slimy demanding market giraffe

260k is a huge salary

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36252984)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: Gold stimulating marketing idea

goes a long way in shaker heights

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36252989)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:41 PM
Author: Idiotic chrome state



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:49 PM
Author: Stirring garnet shitlib brunch

Cr. Thats city janitor money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36253068)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: glittery maize crackhouse dragon

Something tells me they have no problems hiring. The legal profession will always have a massive oversupply problem unless major changes are made.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36252986)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:14 PM
Author: Citrine point milk

How did this shit analysis not get called out in 2018? V25 firms are all competing over the same band of graduates and to a lesser extent laterals. There's an oversupply of lawyers in the country but there isn't an oversupply of Class of 2017 Stanford Law graduates willing to do debt financing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41935785)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:35 PM
Author: Concupiscible indecent mood piazza

It's probably a decent firm if you want to increase your chances of making a career of it v. maximizing your earnings. That's always been my impression, although maybe incorrect.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36252995)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: Heady pearly nursing home idea he suggested

they de-equitize all the time. so yea, if you want to live in the midwest making six figures as basically a career of counsel, it might work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36253002)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: Slimy demanding market giraffe

sounds 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36253004)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:42 PM
Author: Idiotic chrome state



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:56 PM
Author: Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:38 PM
Author: Jet-lagged Diverse Lodge Ratface

https://simpsonsscreenshots.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/mysterybox.png

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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:49 PM
Author: Stirring garnet shitlib brunch



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:38 PM
Author: razzle tan institution love of her life



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:42 PM
Author: Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:55 PM
Author: Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria

https://imgur.com/a/9I8pMf1

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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:59 PM
Author: Concupiscible indecent mood piazza



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Date: June 15th, 2018 10:46 PM
Author: swollen slap-happy corner haunted graveyard



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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:06 PM
Author: Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:12 PM
Author: swollen slap-happy corner haunted graveyard



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:17 PM
Author: greedy field

is this that coked up "written work, the way 9.3 interacts with 7.2" guy?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#43231447)



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Date: January 18th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: greedy field



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Date: August 12th, 2025 12:32 PM
Author: I hate being a lawyer and want to die



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Date: June 15th, 2018 4:50 PM
Author: Comical green rigpig

omg 260k where do they get off

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36253074)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: greedy field

For the record I’m at a much lower ranked firm that doesn’t pay lockstep and was making 260k when I made partner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36253521)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 6:28 PM
Author: mischievous mad cow disease

p depressing news going into the weekend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36253537)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 7:15 PM
Author: greedy field

Eat my dick nigger lover

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36253786)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 9:05 PM
Author: mischievous mad cow disease

your unraveling before our eyes has become the dumpster fire du jour

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36254215)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: greedy field

Explain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36254517)



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Date: June 16th, 2018 2:30 PM
Author: greedy field



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Date: September 4th, 2018 2:24 PM
Author: greedy field



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Date: June 16th, 2018 12:01 AM
Author: swollen slap-happy corner haunted graveyard



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Date: June 15th, 2018 7:28 PM
Author: Vivacious abusive liquid oxygen

yeah, but with "Jones Day" on your resume, you put in some time and then afterwards you basically write your own ticket

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36253827)



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Date: June 15th, 2018 9:46 PM
Author: Topaz Hell

To be fair,

*Jones Days, Nights, and Weekends

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#36254339)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 2:22 PM
Author: greedy field



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:21 PM
Author: fuchsia dilemma travel guidebook



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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:06 PM
Author: Ocher mad-dog skullcap school cafeteria



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Date: October 14th, 2021 1:53 PM
Author: greedy field



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Date: February 12th, 2021 2:36 PM
Author: Pale Stage Useless Brakes

I make less than that as a V50 Of Counsel.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41933507)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 2:37 PM
Author: Irate puppy sex offender

holy shit

out the firm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41933521)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:15 PM
Author: greedy field

or at least give us vault range. that is really low.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41933783)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:22 PM
Author: supple frozen casino

Gotta be flame. First years make 200k minimum now.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41933832)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:24 PM
Author: greedy field

it might not be flame. there is severe salary compression at firms that don't pay lockstep (like mine). I think when i made partner biglaw was at 180 or 190 for first years. i was making 260 when i was put up. my firm always matches the market salary for first years but does nothing for anyone year 2 and beyond.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41933852)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:27 PM
Author: supple frozen casino

That’s a good point, I woulda thought most v50s pay cravath scale but it’s been a while since I’ve seen the list

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41933882)



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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:02 PM
Author: greedy field

i think most v50s do, but there are some outliers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41949761)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:24 PM
Author: Arousing Site Digit Ratio

They systematically overpay top performers though. If you're a 6th year doing 2400+ hours and unhappy with your pay and you're good, you could walk across the street to any other firm that does lockstep. But now you make the same as their worst sixth year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41933851)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 3:39 PM
Author: fuchsia dilemma travel guidebook



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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:10 PM
Author: Pale Stage Useless Brakes

No they don't. No associate at Jones Day makes more than an associate of the same year at a lockstep firm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41935758)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:57 PM
Author: Arousing Site Digit Ratio

Then explain why a high performer would stay knowing they can go to another firm tomorrow and get more money?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41935989)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 11:00 PM
Author: lavender motley lay

Better partnership odds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41935999)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 11:04 PM
Author: Arousing Site Digit Ratio

That's a fair point, it seems like they have larger partner classes, but it's a longer track too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41936016)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 11:10 PM
Author: lavender motley lay

Not longer than most V20s, which are 10 years plus, except for places where no one makes partner (Cravath, S&C, etc.).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41936043)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:15 PM
Author: Irate puppy sex offender

(Stevie Brogan)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41935792)



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Date: February 12th, 2021 10:22 PM
Author: Big hall mexican

lol no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41935828)



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Date: February 15th, 2021 4:12 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle orchid plaza therapy

how hard to lateral from NYC/Chicago v50 to Jones Day Cleveland? the Shaker Heights trolling has got me curious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#41949811)



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Date: June 29th, 2021 8:18 AM
Author: greedy field



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:07 PM
Author: greedy field



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:15 PM
Author: odious rigor abode



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Date: October 6th, 2021 2:17 PM
Author: Lascivious duck-like main people

that's why they're as high as they are. feature, not a bug.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4002947&forum_id=2:#43231452)



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Date: February 12th, 2022 8:43 AM
Author: greedy field



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