YALE LAW vs HARVARD LAW

flowerhead
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:43:52 +0000

The Vault rankings have many problems, but those aren’t really them. Weil has always been top 10, recession or not, and certainly in New York it’s a fine choice over many of those firms, especially over a branch office like Covington or Kirkland. The real problem 2Ls have with Skadden and Weil is that they recruit at lower schools, so if they go there, people might not admire their prestige (the Skadden is a sweatshop argument would be more compelling if if wasn’t competing with Cravath and S&C). In terms of sheer strength of practices, Skadden matches up to anyone. Maybe Skadden is 6th in NY instead of 3rd, and Weil is 10th instead of 6th (and in fact they are often closer to that during their random fluctuations), but it’s not a big deal.



My goodness, you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about!



Firms like W&C, Munger, Irell etc. are severely underrated (by like 30 spots, not by 3)

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This I can agree with, though I think if W&C is underrated by 30 spots, its rank should be something like -19…

But yes, I’d take any of those over most of the V10 (assuming I didn’t want to be in NY).