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2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
https://www.vault.com/best-companies-to ... s-rankings
1. Cravath
2. Wachtell
3. Skadden
4. S&C
5. Latham
6. Kirkland (+)
7. DPW (-)
8. STB (-)
9. GDC
10. PW
11. Weil
12. Sidley (+)
13. Quinn (-)
14. Cleary
15. Covington
1. Cravath
2. Wachtell
3. Skadden
4. S&C
5. Latham
6. Kirkland (+)
7. DPW (-)
8. STB (-)
9. GDC
10. PW
11. Weil
12. Sidley (+)
13. Quinn (-)
14. Cleary
15. Covington
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Milbank jumping 15 spots because they put some extra scratch in people's pockets...just as God intended.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Davis Polk what the fuck.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
It's more "why does anyone think Kirkland and Latham are good firms?"DoveBodyWash wrote:Davis Polk what the fuck.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Law students/juniors these days, I've found, are by and large unaware of the "Lathamings" of last decade.Wild Card wrote:It's more "why does anyone think Kirkland and Latham are good firms?"DoveBodyWash wrote:Davis Polk what the fuck.
Kirkland I think gets an especially great rep for its "market-shattering" bonuses.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
I was promised durable prestige in exchange for suffocating "flourish-where-we-plant-you" passive aggression, cafeteria holiday parties and cheap [insert anything]. V7, V100, what's the difference.Wild Card wrote:It's more "why does anyone think Kirkland and Latham are good firms?"DoveBodyWash wrote:Davis Polk what the fuck.
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This was me. DPW you POS, summer bonus right now and redeem yourselves.Anonymous User wrote:I was promised durable prestige in exchange for suffocating "flourish-where-we-plant-you" passive aggression, cafeteria holiday parties and cheap [insert anything]. V7, V100, what's the difference.Wild Card wrote:It's more "why does anyone think Kirkland and Latham are good firms?"DoveBodyWash wrote:Davis Polk what the fuck.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
I guarantee the partners are absolutely chuffedyooobagz wrote:Milbank jumping 15 spots because they put some extra scratch in people's pockets...just as God intended.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Academic Year BudgetLaLiLuLeLo wrote:I guarantee the partners are absolutely chuffedyooobagz wrote:Milbank jumping 15 spots because they put some extra scratch in people's pockets...just as God intended.
$101,345
https://www.law.columbia.edu/financial- ... -budgeting
Total
$99,858
https://www.law.nyu.edu/financialaid/bu ... ensebudget
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Any benefit has been totally recaptured by the law schools.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
It's been said here a thousand times, but for any law students looking to decide between firms, take these lists with a grain of salt. They can be useful with all else being equal - but rarely is all else equal. You'll have a better feel for one firm or the other by your own research, interviews, or (the best option) talking with associates at those firms.
When you go to a firm, you are working for a group of people that will have an incredible impact on your day to day happiness and overall well-being. These lists can't help you decide how you will end up in that group. The only way (in my experience) is to talk to associates at those firms to get a feel for their lives in their specific groups. I'm a midlevel at a big firm and have a completely different work life than the associate in the next office. We're even in the same umbrella group but have different sub-groups.
In case it helps any rising 2Ls/3Ls combing through the vault list, here are some more thoughts on how working in a firm depends so, so much on what group/sub-group you end up working in: https://biglawadvice.com/2019/04/27/you ... -law-firm/
When you go to a firm, you are working for a group of people that will have an incredible impact on your day to day happiness and overall well-being. These lists can't help you decide how you will end up in that group. The only way (in my experience) is to talk to associates at those firms to get a feel for their lives in their specific groups. I'm a midlevel at a big firm and have a completely different work life than the associate in the next office. We're even in the same umbrella group but have different sub-groups.
In case it helps any rising 2Ls/3Ls combing through the vault list, here are some more thoughts on how working in a firm depends so, so much on what group/sub-group you end up working in: https://biglawadvice.com/2019/04/27/you ... -law-firm/
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Sad that this list will trick unsuspecting rising 2Ls into going to Latham & Kirkland LOL.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
All the Kirkland associates I've met recently have been happy drunks.
Come to think of it, may be problematic they were all drunk.
Come to think of it, may be problematic they were all drunk.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
The above is TCR here. Firms differ - to a surprisingly large extent! - in terms of culture. Don't pooh-pooh it; it can really make a huge difference in your day-to-day happiness/ability to put up with the workload. Someone who loves the culture at Debevoise, for example, is likely to be miserable at Kirkland (and vice versa). That person would be ill-served by choosing Kirkland over Deb based on the Vault rankings.biglaw_advice wrote:It's been said here a thousand times, but for any law students looking to decide between firms, take these lists with a grain of salt. They can be useful with all else being equal - but rarely is all else equal. You'll have a better feel for one firm or the other by your own research, interviews, or (the best option) talking with associates at those firms.
When you go to a firm, you are working for a group of people that will have an incredible impact on your day to day happiness and overall well-being. These lists can't help you decide how you will end up in that group. The only way (in my experience) is to talk to associates at those firms to get a feel for their lives in their specific groups. I'm a midlevel at a big firm and have a completely different work life than the associate in the next office. We're even in the same umbrella group but have different sub-groups.
In case it helps any rising 2Ls/3Ls combing through the vault list, here are some more thoughts on how working in a firm depends so, so much on what group/sub-group you end up working in: https://biglawadvice.com/2019/04/27/you ... -law-firm/
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Lathaming should never be forgotten.QContinuum wrote:Law students/juniors these days, I've found, are by and large unaware of the "Lathamings" of last decade.Wild Card wrote:It's more "why does anyone think Kirkland and Latham are good firms?"DoveBodyWash wrote:Davis Polk what the fuck.
Kirkland I think gets an especially great rep for its "market-shattering" bonuses.
As to Kirkland, curious if the summer associate firing will impact next year's rank.
And kudos to Milbank. Much deserved.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Lol I don’t think the partners care about how much law school is. They just care about prefffffstige and their own paychecks. I had a partner bitch about the raises because they’re for “no reason”. I mentioned that it’s helpful because most of us have a ton of loans and he said “what’s the average these days, $40k? $50k?”Wild Card wrote:Academic Year BudgetLaLiLuLeLo wrote:I guarantee the partners are absolutely chuffedyooobagz wrote:Milbank jumping 15 spots because they put some extra scratch in people's pockets...just as God intended.
$101,345
https://www.law.columbia.edu/financial- ... -budgeting
Total
$99,858
https://www.law.nyu.edu/financialaid/bu ... ensebudget
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Any benefit has been totally recaptured by the law schools.
Never underestimate how out of touch pantherns are
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Did I miss something?Tenzen wrote:As to Kirkland, curious if the summer associate firing will impact next year's rank.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Yea, I don't think there's anything to suggest that the fired summer from the other thread was summering at Kirkland. (In fact, many have questioned whether there was an actual firing at all or if it was simply a troll.)cavalier1138 wrote:Did I miss something?Tenzen wrote:As to Kirkland, curious if the summer associate firing will impact next year's rank.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Why on earth would firing a summer (not that Kirkland did, as far as I know) impact how associates fill in the vault survey? You know most associates (jokingly... but still...) feel like about a third of the summer class should be fired, right?Tenzen wrote:As to Kirkland, curious if the summer associate firing will impact next year's rank.QContinuum wrote:Law students/juniors these days, I've found, are by and large unaware of the "Lathamings" of last decade.Wild Card wrote:It's more "why does anyone think Kirkland and Latham are good firms?"DoveBodyWash wrote:Davis Polk what the fuck.
Kirkland I think gets an especially great rep for its "market-shattering" bonuses.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Yeesh, being salty about vault rankings is almost as embarrassing as using them to choose a firm.Yeezus. wrote:Sad that this list will trick unsuspecting rising 2Ls into going to Latham & Kirkland LOL.
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+1DoveBodyWash wrote:I was promised durable prestige in exchange for suffocating "flourish-where-we-plant-you" passive aggression, cafeteria holiday parties and cheap [insert anything]. V7, V100, what's the difference.Wild Card wrote:It's more "why does anyone think Kirkland and Latham are good firms?"DoveBodyWash wrote:Davis Polk what the fuck.
It's too bad these rankings came out after we had our annual town hall...would have loved to see someone ask Tom Reid for his parting thoughts.
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Lol yes.Wild Card wrote:It's more "why does anyone think Kirkland and Latham are good firms?"DoveBodyWash wrote:Davis Polk what the fuck.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
The Vault rankings have always been of dubious import, but they've truly outlived their usefulness with the publication of this list. Latham a top-5 firm?! Kirkland at 6?! The idea that either of those firms is "more prestigious" than Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher or Cleary Gottlieb is preposterous, unless prestige is somehow an analog for lower hiring standards, lower billable rates and lower desirability among recruits.
It's truly asinine that the critical mass of idiots voting in this poll have come to view having 1 billion offices, 2 billion lawyers and $10 billion in revenue as some measure of prestige, when by most any rational person's standards such levels of ubiquity and accessibility would indicate the opposite. I guess Latham, Kirkland and Skadden can continue their inexorable marches to the top of these farcical rankings. CSM, S&C, DPW, STB and CGSH will continue to fight over law school students, and I suppose LW, K&E and Skadden will continue fighting over their leftovers, regardless of what Vault says.
It's truly asinine that the critical mass of idiots voting in this poll have come to view having 1 billion offices, 2 billion lawyers and $10 billion in revenue as some measure of prestige, when by most any rational person's standards such levels of ubiquity and accessibility would indicate the opposite. I guess Latham, Kirkland and Skadden can continue their inexorable marches to the top of these farcical rankings. CSM, S&C, DPW, STB and CGSH will continue to fight over law school students, and I suppose LW, K&E and Skadden will continue fighting over their leftovers, regardless of what Vault says.
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
This thread should be retitled: “Butthurt DPW associates whining about their lack of prestige from their tiny hovel offices”
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Re: 2020 Vault Law Firm Rankings Released
Man from Nantucket wrote:This thread should be retitled: “Butthurt DPW associates whining about their lack of prestige from their tiny hovel offices”
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Lmao imagine being this stupid and unhinged.SLS_AMG wrote:The Vault rankings have always been of dubious import, but they've truly outlived their usefulness with the publication of this list. Latham a top-5 firm?! Kirkland at 6?! The idea that either of those firms is "more prestigious" than Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher or Cleary Gottlieb is preposterous, unless prestige is somehow an analog for lower hiring standards, lower billable rates and lower desirability among recruits.
It's truly asinine that the critical mass of idiots voting in this poll have come to view having 1 billion offices, 2 billion lawyers and $10 billion in revenue as some measure of prestige, when by most any rational person's standards such levels of ubiquity and accessibility would indicate the opposite. I guess Latham, Kirkland and Skadden can continue their inexorable marches to the top of these farcical rankings. CSM, S&C, DPW, STB and CGSH will continue to fight over law school students, and I suppose LW, K&E and Skadden will continue fighting over their leftovers, regardless of what Vault says.
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