Sullivan and Cromwell

Vault 5: Sullivan and Cromwell LLP

Raw Numbers:
1) Columbia Law School (10)
2) New York University Law School (4)
2) University of Pennsylvania Law School (4)
4) University of Michigan Law School (3)
4) Harvard Law School (3)
4) University of Virginia Law School (3)
4) University of Chicago Law School (3)
8) Yale Law School (2)
9) Cornell Law School (1)
10) Berkeley Law (0)
10) Duke Law School (0)
10) Northwestern University Law School (0)
10) Georgetown University Law Center (0)
10) Stanford Law School (0)

Percentages:
1) Columbia Law School (2.7%)
2) University of Pennsylvania (1.6%)
3) University of Chicago (1.5%)
4) Yale Law School (1%)
5) New York University Law School (.89%)
6) University of Michigan Law School (.80%)
6) University of Virginia Law School (.80%)
8) Harvard Law School (.55%)
9) Cornell Law School (.5%)
10) Stanford Law School (0%)
10) Duke Law School (0%)
10) Georgetown University Law Center (0%)
10) Northwestern University Law School (0%)
10) Berkeley Law (0%)

Davis, Polk, and Wardwell

Vault 5: Davis, Polk, and Wardwell (New York, NY)

Raw Numbers:
1) Harvard Law School (13)
1) Columbia Law School (13)
3) New York University Law School (7)
4) Yale Law School (5)
4) Georgetown University Law Center (5)
6) Cornell Law School (4)
7) University of Michigan Law School (3)
8) Stanford Law School (2)
9) Duke Law School (2)
10) University of Virginia Law School (1)
11) Berkeley Law (1)
12) University of Pennsylvania Law School (1)
13) University of Chicago Law School (1)
14) Northwestern University Law School (1)

Percentages:
1) Columbia Law School (3.5%)
2) Yale Law School (2.5%)
3) Harvard Law School (2.4%)
4) Cornell Law School (2.0%)
5) New York University Law School (1.6%)
6) Stanford Law School (1.1%)
7) Duke Law School (1.0%)
8) Georgetown University Law Center (.87%)
9) University of Michigan Law School (.80%)
10) University of Chicago Law School (.50%)
11) University of Pennsylvania Law School (.40%)
12) Berkeley Law (.37%)
13) University of Virginia Law School (.27%)
14) Northwestern University Law School (.1%)

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, and Katz

Vault 5: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, and Katz LLP (All Offices)
Raw Numbers:
1) Harvard Law School (5)
2) Yale Law School (3)
2) Columbia Law School (3)
4) University of Pennsylvania Law School (2)
5) Stanford Law School (1)
5) University of Chicago Law School (1)
5) New York University Law School (1)
5) Georgetown University Law Center (1)
5) Northwestern University Law School (1)
5) Duke Law School (1)
11) University of Michigan Law School (0)
11) University of Virginia Law School (0)
11) Berkeley Law (0)
11) Cornell Law School (0)

Percentages:
1) Yale Law School (1.5%)
2) Harvard Law School (.90%)
3) Columbia Law School (.80%)
3) University of Pennsylvania Law School (.80%)
5) Stanford Law School (.60%)
6) University of Chicago Law School (.50%)
6) Northwestern University Law School (.50%)
8) Duke Law School (.40%)
9) New York University Law School (.20%)
10) Georgetown University Law Center (.17%)
11) University of Michigan Law School (0)
11) University of Virginia Law School (0)
11) Berkeley Law (0)
11) Cornell Law School (0)

See Skadden for Points to Take into Account

Bottom Law Schools Addict 2008: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom

The following is a new feature here at Bottom Law Schools: A ranking of T-14 schools in terms of recent biglaw firm placement. This is not a ranking of where students were summer associates; rather, it's a ranking of where students finally ended up after graduating. Data is based off of the Class of 2007, given that the Class of 2008 is still working on the bar exam and that a lot of firms don't really list the 2008 members joining. I'll be working on each firm, piecemeal, and once all the offices of all the firms have been done, regular Vault Placement rankings will be made. I'll be doing the rankings in terms of V5, V10, V20, V50, and V100 placement. Caveats to the rankings are listed after the data.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom LLP (New York, NY)
Raw Numbers
1) Harvard Law School (12)
2) Columbia Law School (9)
3) University of Chicago Law School (7)
4) University of Pennsylvania Law School (6)
5) New York University Law School (5)
5) University of Virginia Law School (5)
7) University of Michigan Law School (4)
7) Georgetown University Law Center (4)
9) Duke University Law School (3)
10) Berkeley Law (2)
11) Stanford Law School (1)
11) Northwestern University Law School (1)
13) Yale Law School (0)*
14) Cornell Law School (0)

*Data does not include students pursuing a clerkship. Thus, there might be a few YLS students joining the firm after the clerkship has concluded.

Percentages based on Average Class Size (If anyone can get me the actual class size, I'd be grateful):
1) University of Chicago Law School (3.5%)
2) Columbia Law School (2.4%)
2) University of Pennsylvania Law School (2.4%)
4) Harvard Law School (2.2%)
5) Duke Law School (1.5%)
6) University of Virginia Law School (1.3%)
7) University of Michigan Law School (1.1%)
7) New York University Law School (1.1%)
9) Berkeley Law (.72%)
10) Georgetown University Law Center (.70%)
11) Stanford Law School (.58%)
12) Northwestern University Law School (.40%
13) Yale Law School (0.0%)
14) Cornell Law School (0.0%)

Points to take into account:
1) L.L.M's are not included.
2) The size of the class of 2007 is not precise; further data would be appreciated.
3) In order to determine how well a school places summer associates, there could be minor discprenancies in the numbers to account for: students might be taking clerkships, so some schools might have had more summer associates at a given firm; some students might have done split-summers, thus having more offers; students might have done 3L OCI, thus working at a firm at which they didn't summer; the statistics assume that offers were given to 100% of the summer class. If you know of any way to correct for these, please include suggestions in the comments. Other criticisms are, of course, welcome.