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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked in for a major DC firm in San Francisco. The T14 was well represented, but so were other in-state schools like Hastings (now UCSF?), UC Davis, UCLA, and USC. Once you were hired, no cared where you went to law school. They only cared about the quality of your work and, of course, whether you billed 2000+ hours annually. I can't speak for NYC firms though. But I recall that Munger Tolles in LA was known for focusing on the tippy top T14 schools and/or people who had prestigious circuit clerkships. (I would not have wanted to work there.)[/quote]

Munger Tolles, Susman Godfrey, Cravath, and Wachtell are at a different level altogether.  I graduated in the top half of my class at HLS and had no chance at any of these firms.[/quote]

Is that for real?  I knew firms of that ilk were selective, but that's nuts.[/quote]

This is stupid and those firms are not at the top.  [/quote]

Not 100% accurate but it is close. You don't think Wachtell is at the top?[/quote]

Wachtell is.  Should have noted that but those others are not even close.  It’s Wachtell and Kirkland and a big gap to everyone else.  [/quote]

Cravath is at least close.[/quote]

Eh. Definitely disagree about Kirkland. I don’t know anyone who actively wants to work there, especially at the more senior levels knowing their reputation.  I didn’t receive a callback interview from cravath after 1L based on grades (I had around a 3.4 or 3.5 after 1L), but a partner made me an offer during 3L after I took his class. I politely declined and went to the V10 I had summered at and already accepted an offer to. (Not any of the ones listed here already as “most” prestigious.) it’s just a matter of perspective/personal choice. [/quote]

You don’t know top lawyers seeking to get paid for their services then.  There is no debating the salary difference between WLRK and KE and everyone else.  There have been years where KE partners pulled $30 million each.  And I am not talking about 1 or 2.  [/quote]

Very different culture between the two. You couldn't pay me enough to sell my soul to KE.[/quote]

That’s a different issue.  [/quote]

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