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The American Lawyer Student Edition/November 2006
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Naked Cities Maybe you can't imagine living more than an hour away from the beach, or in a place where you can't get a decent bagel. Perhaps your significant other already has a job in Dallas, or Pittsburgh, or Seattle. Or you're sure that you could only live in a blue state, or a red one. Whatever the reason, most law school students take geography into account when weighing job offers. This chart breaks out firms' results by office. Only offices with at least five respondents are included. Some firms listed here are not on the national charts, which required ten responses from each firm. The scores, rankings, and number of respondents on this chart pertain only to the firm's office in the indicated city. All responses were scored an a 5-point scale, with 5 being the highest score. For more complete details, see methodology.
|
Rank in This Locale |
Score for This Office |
Number of Respondents |
Response Rate |
|
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
|
Phoenix |
|
|
|
|
|
CITY AVERAGE |
|
4.436 |
|
|
|
Quarles & Brady |
1 |
4.797 |
11 |
92% |
|
Snell & Wilmer |
2 |
4.563 |
15 |
71% |
|
Lewis and Roca |
3 |
4.324 |
11 |
92% |
|
Bryan Cave |
4 |
4.286 |
7 |
88% |
|
Greenberg Traurig |
5 |
4.211 |
5 |
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
California |
|
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
|
|
|
|
|
CITY AVERAGE |
|
4.577 |
|
|
|
Heller Ehrman |
1 |
4.981 |
6 |
100% |
|
Pillsbury Winthrop |
2 |
4.922 |
10 |
100% |
|
McDermott Will |
3 |
4.890 |
11 |
92% |
|
Morgan, Lewis |
4 |
4.870 |
6 |
100% |
|
Gibson, Dunn |
5 |
4.854 |
33 |
80% |
|
Sidley Austin |
6 |
4.819 |
11 |
42% |
|
Kirkland & Ellis |
7 |
4.746 |
17 |
89% |
|
Skadden |
8 |
4.738 |
16 |
80% |
|
Sullivan & Cromwell |
9 |
4.720 |
6 |
67% |
|
O’Melveny & Myers (Century City) |
10 |
4.662 |
16 |
89% |
|
Jones Day |
11 |
4.658 |
16 |
94% |
|
Winston & Strawn |
12 |
4.630 |
6 |
75% |
|
Proskauer Rose |
13 |
4.622 |
5 |
83% |
|
Paul, Hastings |
14 |
4.618 |
27 |
79% |
|
Foley & Lardner |
15 |
4.571 |
7 |
64% |
|
Munger, Tolles |
16 |
4.564 |
21 |
68% |
|
Orrick |
17 |
4.540 |
7 |
88% |
|
Loeb & Loeb |
18 |
4.539 |
5 |
71% |
|
Best Best (Riverside) |
19 |
4.536 |
6 |
86% |
|
Morrison & Foerster |
20 |
4.531 |
8 |
67% |
|
Latham & Watkins |
21 |
4.469 |
30 |
60% |
|
Milbank, Tweed |
22 |
4.463 |
6 |
75% |
|
O’Melveny & Myers |
23 |
4.427 |
30 |
71% |
|
Irell & Manella |
24 |
4.423 |
23 |
88% |
|
Sheppard, Mullin |
25 |
4.393 |
17 |
71% |
|
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart |
26 |
4.333 |
5 |
100% |
|
Liner Yankelevitz |
27 |
4.187 |
6 |
100% |
|
Fulbright & Jaworski |
28 |
4.179 |
7 |
88% |
|
Squire, Sanders |
29 |
3.844 |
5 |
83% |
|
Orange County |
|
|
|
|
|
CITY AVERAGE |
|
4.620 |
|
|
|
Gibson, Dunn (Irvine) |
1 |
4.926 |
6 |
67% |
|
Snell & Wilmer (Costa Mesa) |
2 |
4.778 |
6 |
75% |
|
O’Melveny & Myers (Newport Beach) |
3 |
4.553 |
10 |
77% |
|
Paul, Hastings (Costa Mesa) |
4 |
4.539 |
5 |
71% |
|
Latham & Watkins (Costa Mesa) |
5 |
4.523 |
7 |
78% |
|
Morrison & Foerster (Irvine) |
6 |
4.400 |
5 |
100% |
|
San Diego |
|
|
|
|
|
CITY AVERAGE |
|
4.411 |
|
|
|
Paul, Hastings |
1 |
4.794 |
6 |
100% |
|
Wilson Sonsini |
2 |
4.659 |
6 |
86% |
|
Fish & Richardson |
3 |
4.558 |
8 |
73% |
|
Luce, Forward |
4 |
4.500 |
6 |
55% |
|
Morrison & Foerster |
5 |
4.452 |
7 |
100% |
|
Latham & Watkins |
6 |
4.333 |
11 |
69% |
|
DLA Piper |
7 |
4.320 |
9 |
90% |
|
Heller Ehrman |
8 |
4.250 |
7 |
100% |
|
Cooley Godward |
9 |
4.136 |
13 |
100% |
|
Sheppard, Mullin |
10 |
4.111 |
6 |
67% |
|
San Francisco Bay Area |
|
|
|
|
|
CITY AVERAGE |
|
4.514 |
|
|
|
Pillsbury Winthrop (Palo Alto) |
1 |
4.987 |
8 |
100% |
|
Morgan, Lewis |
2 |
4.957 |
13 |
100% |
|
Gunderson Dettmer (Menlo Park) |
3 |
4.904 |
8 |
89% |
|
Gibson, Dunn (Palo Alto) |
4 |
4.889 |
5 |
100% |
|
Pillsbury Winthrop |
5 |
4.861 |
18 |
69% |
|
Gibson, Dunn |
6 |
4.850 |
8 |
73% |
|
Morgan, Lewis (Palo Alto) |
7 |
4.796 |
6 |
100% |
|
Winston & Strawn |
8 |
4.723 |
6 |
75% |
|
O’Melveny & Myers |
9 |
4.681 |
15 |
100% |
|
Jones Day |
10 |
4.678 |
11 |
100% |
|
Heller Ehrman |
11 |
4.638 |
25 |
100% |
|
Skadden (Palo Alto) |
12 |
4.623 |
13 |
81% |
|
McDermott Will (Palo Alto) |
13 |
4.557 |
6 |
86% |
|
Fenwick & West (Mountain View) |
14 |
4.556 |
20 |
95% |
|
Morrison & Foerster (Palo Alto) |
15 |
4.541 |
11 |
73% |
|
Jones Day (Menlo Park) |
16 |
4.533 |
5 |
100% |
|
Fish & Richardson (Redwood City) |
17 |
4.532 |
6 |
60% |
|
Orrick (Menlo Park) |
18 |
4.522 |
17 |
100% |
|
DLA Piper (Palo Alto) |
19 |
4.493 |
7 |
70% |
|
Cooley Godward |
20 |
4.478 |
10 |
91% |
|
Bingham McCutchen (Palo Alto) |
21 |
4.459 |
7 |
78% |
|
Latham & Watkins |
22 |
4.457 |
22 |
85% |
|
Fenwick & West |
23 |
4.456 |
10 |
100% |
|
Paul, Hastings |
24 |
4.453 |
12 |
80% |
|
Wilson Sonsini (Palo Alto) |
25 |
4.452 |
31 |
72% |
|
Howrey (East Palo Alto) |
26 |
4.444 |
5 |
100% |
|
Latham & Watkins (Menlo Park) |
27 |
4.441 |
13 |
81% |
|
Thelen Reid |
28 |
4.426 |
9 |
75% |
|
Orrick |
29 |
4.417 |
19 |
70% |
|
Weil, Gotshal (Redwood Shores) |
30 |
4.413 |
7 |
50% |
|
DLA Piper |
31 |
4.381 |
7 |
100% |
|
Howard, Rice |
32 |
4.351 |
10 |
91% |
|
Kirkland & Ellis |
33 |
4.310 |
19 |
90% |
|
Heller Ehrman (Menlo Park) |
34 |
4.300 |
11 |
100% |
|
Cooley Godward (Palo Alto) |
35 |
4.294 |
14 |
88% |
|
O’Melveny & Myers (Menlo Park) |
36 |
4.202 |
6 |
86% |
|
Sheppard, Mullin |
37 |
4.000 |
6 |
67% |
|
Morrison & Foerster |
38 |
3.996 |
32 |
71% |
|
Bingham McCutchen |
39 |
3.978 |
10 |
63% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
|
Denver |
|
|
|
|
|
CITY AVERAGE |
|
4.406 |
|
|
|
Holland & Hart |
1 |
4.578 |
5 |
63% |
|
Faegre & Benson |
2 |
4.234 |
7 |
64% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Connecticut |
|
|
|
|
|
Hartford |
|
|
|
|
|
Day, Berry |
|
4.501 |
6 |
86% |
|
Stamford |
|
|
|
|
|
Paul, Hastings |
|
4.687 |
6 |
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delaware |
|
|
|
|
|
Wilmington |
|
|
|
|
|
CITY AVERAGE |
|
4.496 |
|
|
|
Young Conaway |
1 |
4.600 |
10 |
100% |
|
Skadden |
2 |
4.517 |
14 |
93% |
|
Morris, Nichols |
3 |
4.371 |
15 |
94% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
District of Columbia |
|
|
|
|
|
Washington |
|
|
|
|
|
CITY AVERAGE |
|
4.495 |
|
|
|
McKenna Long |
1 |
4.966 |
13 |
93% |
|
Dickstein Shapiro |
2 |
4.922 |
13 |
76% |
|
O’Melveny & Myers |
3 |
4.851 |
18 |
90% |
|
Bingham McCutchen |
4 |
4.844 |
5 |
71% |
|
King & Spalding |
5 |
4.837 |
17 |
77% |
|
Morgan, Lewis |
6 |
4.808 |
18 |
95% |
|
Gibson, Dunn |
7 |
4.749 |
25 |
76% |
|
Heller Ehrman |
8 |
4.704 |
6 |
100% |
|
Ropes & Gray |
9 |
4.702 |
12 |
75% |
|
Pillsbury Winthrop |
10 |
4.697 |
10 |
63% |
|
McDermott Will |
11 |
4.686 |
21 |
88% |
|
Orrick |
12 |
4.683 |
7 |
88% |
|
Kirkland & Ellis |
13 |
4.673 |
27 |
90% |
|
Patton Boggs |
14 |
4.662 |
6 |
60% |
|
Mintz, Levin |
15 |
4.661 |
5 |
100% |
|
Skadden |
16 |
4.632 |
20 |
100% |
|
Baker Botts |
17 |
4.604 |
11 |
69% |
|
Cleary Gottlieb |
17 |
4.604 |
10 |
50% |
|
Sidley Austin |
19 |
4.603 |
20 |
83% |
|
Katten Muchin |
20 |
4.600 |
5 |
83% |
|
DLA Piper |
21 |
4.596 |
14 |
93% |
|
Covington & Burling |
22 |
4.584 |
41 |
54% |
|
Kelley Drye |
23 |
4.577 |
9 |
100% |
|
Blank Rome |
24 |
4.571 |
7 |
88% |
|
Akin Gump |
25 |
4.568 |
27 |
96% |
|
Troutman Sanders |
26 |
4.561 |
5 |
100% |
|
Crowell & Moring |
27 |
4.529 |
17 |
94% |
|
Powell Goldstein |
28 |
4.522 |
5 |
100% |
|
Preston Gates |
29 |
4.511 |
5 |
83% |
|
Wiley Rein |
30 |
4.510 |
18 |
86% |
|
Dow, Lohnes |
31 |
4.506 |
14 |
93% |
|
Latham & Watkins |
32 |
4.503 |
22 |
59% |
|
Paul, Hastings |
33 |
4.496 |
17 |
94% |
|
Winston & Strawn |
34 |
4.480 |
11 |
79% |
|
Cadwalader |
35 |
4.474 |
8 |
100% |
|
Clifford Chance |
36 |
4.452 |
6 |
100% |
|
Hogan & Hartson |
37 |
4.448 |
24 |
36% |
|
Steptoe & Johnson |
37 |
4.448 |
6 |
23% |
|
Sutherland Asbill |
39 |
4.446 |
11 |
79% |
|
Nixon Peabody |
40 |
4.429 |
7 |
70% |
|
Finnegan, Henderson |
41 |
4.421 |
18 |
82% |
|
Venable |
42 |
4.401 |
14 |
61% |
|
Arnold & Porter |
43 |
4.400 |
30 |
59% |
|
Shearman & Sterling |
43 |
4.400 |
5 |
63% |
|
McKee Nelson |
45 |
4.392 |
13 |
76% |
|
Alston & Bird |
46 |
4.382 |
9 |
43% |
|
Dechert |
47 |
4.371 |
9 |
90% |
|
LeBoeuf, Lamb |
48 |
4.369 |
7 |
54% |
|
Baker & Hostetler |
49 |
4.361 |
5 |
50% |
|
Mayer, Brown |
50 |
4.350 |
10 |
67% |
|
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart |
51 |
4.349 |
14 |
93% |
|
Foley & Lardner |
52 |
4.321 |
9 |
39% |
|
Howrey |
53 |
4.292 |
16 |
80% |
|
Jones Day |
54 |
4.250 |
13 |
48% |
|
Wilmer Cutler |
55 |
4.180 |
43 |
61% |
|
Fulbright & Jaworski |
56 |
4.178 |
5 |
56% |
|
Arent Fox |
57 |
4.167 |
10 |
77% |
|
White & Case |
58 |
4.124 |
23 |
72% |
|
Goodwin Procter |
59 |
4.056 |
6 |
50% |
|
Morrison & Foerster |
60 |
4.022 |
5 |
83% |
|
Fried, Frank |
61 |
3.729 |
9 |
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