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

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Fuchsia Kitchen Boiling Water
  06/26/25
how did S&C, DPW and STB all slip out of the top 5 over ...
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/26/25
The real question is how on earth is Cravath still number on...
exciting amethyst mental disorder
  06/26/25
cq. and how did skadden go from long-time top 2-3 to barely ...
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/26/25
They must be bribing people or have some other scam. They&rs...
exciting amethyst mental disorder
  06/26/25
the same way any giants slip. lack of innovation and failur...
Bisexual nursing home idiot
  06/26/25
Because 20 years is a long fucking time?
hateful chocolate senate
  06/27/25
still. those firms were in the top 5 for 100 years
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/27/25
its still flame. no one thinks kirkland or latham is better ...
concupiscible turdskin persian
  06/27/25
CR. This whole “Kirkland is an elite firm” thin...
cracking stag film
  06/27/25
You're stuck in 2005.
Pea-brained Location Roommate
  06/27/25
so is xoxohth.com . it was better that way
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/27/25
not disagreeing there ....
Pea-brained Location Roommate
  06/27/25
Yes they do. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 ye...
Pea-brained Location Roommate
  06/27/25
wtf is a #73 Troutman Pepper Locke
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/26/25
Troutman Sanders/Pepper Hamilton/Locke Lord merger?
Glittery at-the-ready stage pisswyrm
  06/26/25
rofl so three shitty regional midlaw firms merge and beocme ...
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/26/25
and wtf is a #86 Polsinelli is this spaceporn's firm?
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/26/25
wtf is #100 Husch Blackwell LLP
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/26/25
Very prestigious Kansas City, Missouri, firm with a storied ...
amber marketing idea sex offender
  06/27/25
180. Good for Millbank buying their way into the V10 via ass...
Red big-titted kitty cat
  06/26/25
Boies Schiller has really taken a tumble
concupiscible turdskin persian
  06/26/25
At Boies Schiller Flexner, associates toss aside the life ve...
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/26/25
You know you’ve made it in the legal industry when you...
Fuchsia Kitchen Boiling Water
  06/26/25
Get your passport ready—DLA Piper has more than 90 off...
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/26/25
Sidley — Come for the sophisticated work and stay for ...
Light trip travel guidebook
  06/27/25
lol cr, very chill happy bros
Very Tactful Cream Striped Hyena Preventive Strike
  06/27/25
I’ve worked at three big law firms and Sidley was the ...
Stimulating Slate Field Really Tough Guy
  06/27/25
polite, amiable Midwesterners like Barry and Michael Obama
Fuchsia Kitchen Boiling Water
  06/27/25
wheres Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith?
gold station
  06/26/25
where is _._. ______ law? should be top 100 after the pen...
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/26/25
...
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  06/26/25
messenger bag logo facing OUT
Fragrant Crotch
  06/26/25
My former firm baker hostetler holding down the 64 spot
mind-boggling church building
  06/26/25
...
ocher brunch cuckold
  06/27/25
Where does Hamlin Hamlin and McGill rank?
metal lemon theater stage
  06/27/25
What's board consensus on claiming vault prestige: (a) ranki...
Motley cordovan hospital messiness
  06/27/25
(c), with the argument that it was your hard work that made ...
Rebellious gay wizard circlehead
  06/27/25
relatedly, same question about usnwr ug/ls rankings. (ask...
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/27/25
I think the bands are consistent enough to just use them: ...
Motley cordovan hospital messiness
  06/27/25
How was penn?
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/27/25
(jerry sandusky tp)
concupiscible turdskin persian
  06/27/25
I bet the “Carey” 2 and 3Ls would not be happy i...
cracking stag film
  06/27/25
...
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/27/25
I’m currently at a V10 and I’d say consensus her...
Mauve psychic
  06/27/25
Clever Weil-bro post
Motley cordovan hospital messiness
  06/27/25
...
Histrionic sapphire queen of the night cuck
  06/27/25
...
costumed community account cruise ship
  06/27/25
True although STB is SPS now
Rebellious gay wizard circlehead
  06/27/25
How is STB?
cracking stag film
  06/27/25
Does Kirkland still SHATTER the market??
Lilac Yarmulke Range
  06/27/25
YOURE A PARTNER
concupiscible turdskin persian
  06/27/25
Man, it's still a great shtick for them. In-house business ...
Fragrant Crotch
  06/27/25
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Date: June 26th, 2025 4:42 PM
Author: Fuchsia Kitchen Boiling Water

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: exciting amethyst mental disorder

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: exciting amethyst mental disorder

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: Bisexual nursing home idiot

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: hateful chocolate senate

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: concupiscible turdskin persian

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: cracking stag film

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: Pea-brained Location Roommate

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: Pea-brained Location Roommate

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: Pea-brained Location Roommate

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: Glittery at-the-ready stage pisswyrm

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: amber marketing idea sex offender

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: Red big-titted kitty cat

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: concupiscible turdskin persian

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: Fuchsia Kitchen Boiling Water

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: Light trip travel guidebook

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: Very Tactful Cream Striped Hyena Preventive Strike

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: Stimulating Slate Field Really Tough Guy

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: Fuchsia Kitchen Boiling Water

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: gold station

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: clear sneaky criminal public bath



(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: Fragrant Crotch

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: mind-boggling church building

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: ocher brunch cuckold



(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: metal lemon theater stage

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: Motley cordovan hospital messiness

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: Rebellious gay wizard circlehead

(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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: Motley cordovan hospital messiness

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: costumed community account cruise ship

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: concupiscible turdskin persian

(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: cracking stag film

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: costumed community account cruise ship



(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: Mauve psychic

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: Motley cordovan hospital messiness

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: Histrionic sapphire queen of the night cuck



(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: costumed community account cruise ship



(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: Rebellious gay wizard circlehead

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: cracking stag film

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: Lilac Yarmulke Range

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: concupiscible turdskin persian

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: Fragrant Crotch

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: Henna medicated church water buffalo



(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: concupiscible turdskin persian



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