Top Law Schools

Some firms have started to send out summer class info, let’s list that info here as we get it.

Kirkland & Ellis - Dallas

Texas (3)
UVA (3)
SMU (3)
UChicago (2)
Michigan (1)
Notre Dame (1)
Vanderbilt (1)

Hogan Lovells (76)

Baltimore (1)
University of Baltimore

Denver (2)
University of Virginia (2)
University of Colorado

Houston (3)
Harvard University
Duke University
Baylor University

Los Angeles (3)
University of Virginia
University of Southern California
University of California, Irvine

Miami (3)
University of Miami (2)
Harvard University
Georgetown University

New York (18)
New York University (5)
University of Pennsylvania (2)
Cornell University (2)
George Washington University (2)
Columbia University
University of Virginia
Duke University
University of Michigan
Georgetown University
Seton Hall University
St. John's University

Northern Virginia (2)
University of Michigan
Georgetown University

Philadelphia (3)
University of Pennsylvania
Georgetown University
Temple University

Silicon Valley (1)
University of California, Berkeley

Washington (40)
Harvard University (5)
Georgetown University (4)
Columbia University (3)
University of Virginia (3)
Yale University (2)
Stanford University (2)
New York University (2)
University of Pennsylvania (2)
Duke University (2)
University of Michigan (2)
University of California, Berkeley (2)
George Washington University (2)
Howard University (2)
American University (2)
Northwestern University
Vanderbilt University
Washington University
University of Minnesota
Indiana University

Kirkland & Ellis - Houston

Baylor (1)
BYU (3)
Columbia (1)
Duke (4)
GULC (3)
Harvard (1)
Howard (1)
NYU (1)
NU (1)
SMU (3)
Texas A&M (1)
TSU (1)
Tulane (3)
Bama (1)
Berkeley (1)
Chicago (2)
UH (3)
Michigan (1)
UT (10)
UVA (4)
Vanderbilt (2)

Total - 48

Cravath

Harvard (18)
Columbia (17)
NYU (15)
Yale (8)
Penn (7)
Cornell (5)
Georgetown (5)
Stanford (4)
Emory (3)
USC (2)
Berkeley (2)
Northwestern (1)
Virginia (1)
Howard (1)
Toronto (1)
North Carolina (1)
GW (1)
Texas (1)

Total - 93

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how do yall know these numbers?

Usually, recruiting will send a "Welcome to the Summer Class!" email once they've finalized the summer class that contains administrative tasks like background checks, conflicts check, and information about the summer class.

Latham & Watkins (NY)

Fordham (8)
Columbia (7)
Cornell (5)
Georgetown (5)
Duke (4)
UVA (3)
Harvard (3)
Penn (3)
Emory (2)
NYU (2)
USC (2)
Hofstra (1)
Michigan (1)
Berkeley (1)
St. Johns (1)
American (1)

Total: 49

Kinda crazy to see Fordham taking the lead here.

White & Case NY

Harvard (8)
Chicago
Columbia (8)
NYU (6)
Penn (3)
Michigan (4)
UVA (2)
Berkeley (3)
Duke (4)
NW
Cornell (4)
Gt (4)
Fordham (3)
Seton Hall
Minn
Hofstra
Notre Dame

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Toronto (4)
McGill (2)

Total (61)

Anyone got DPW, S&C, and STB?

Does anyone have winston and strawn?

Anonymous User wrote:Does anyone have winston and strawn?

17 SA in NY (via the email cc function):
NYU: 4
Harvard: 4
Penn: 2
Georgetown: 2
Fordham: 2
Columbia: 1
Vandy: 1
GW: 1

Kirkland Chicago has a class of 58. Don't want to post the entire school breakdown since there are lot of them (most schools only have one or two people), but top three were (1) Northwestern - 15 (2) Michigan - 14 (3) Chicago - 10. A handful from Harvard and Yale. Most of the local schools are sending at least one person. There is also some representation from Big 10 law schools and other t14 schools.

Anonymous User wrote:Kirkland Chicago has a class of 58. Don't want to post the entire school breakdown since there are lot of them (most schools only have one or two people), but top three were (1) Northwestern - 15 (2) Michigan - 14 (3) Chicago - 10. A handful from Harvard and Yale. Most of the local schools are sending at least one person. There is also some representation from Big 10 law schools and other t14 schools.

Will you please post the other schools? I'm interested.

Anonymous User wrote:Kirkland Chicago has a class of 58. Don't want to post the entire school breakdown since there are lot of them (most schools only have one or two people), but top three were (1) Northwestern - 15 (2) Michigan - 14 (3) Chicago - 10. A handful from Harvard and Yale. Most of the local schools are sending at least one person. There is also some representation from Big 10 law schools and other t14 schools.

Wow Chicago only has 10 more than Houston?

Anonymous User wrote:Kirkland & Ellis - Houston

Baylor (1)
BYU (3)
Columbia (1)
Duke (4)
GULC (3)
Harvard (1)
Howard (1)
NYU (1)
NU (1)
SMU (3)
Texas A&M (1)
TSU (1)
Tulane (3)
Bama (1)
Berkeley (1)
Chicago (2)
UH (3)
Michigan (1)
UT (10)
UVA (4)
Vanderbilt (2)

Total - 48

that's a fucking huge houston class. like almost laughably huge

Boies Schiller NY

Yale: 4
Stanford: 2
Harvard: 2
Columbia: 2
Cornell: 2

Anonymous User wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:Kirkland & Ellis - Houston

Baylor (1)
BYU (3)
Columbia (1)
Duke (4)
GULC (3)
Harvard (1)
Howard (1)
NYU (1)
NU (1)
SMU (3)
Texas A&M (1)
TSU (1)
Tulane (3)
Bama (1)
Berkeley (1)
Chicago (2)
UH (3)
Michigan (1)
UT (10)
UVA (4)
Vanderbilt (2)

Total - 48

that's a fucking huge houston class. like almost laughably huge

Why is it laughable?

Anonymous User wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:Kirkland & Ellis - Houston

Baylor (1)
BYU (3)
Columbia (1)
Duke (4)
GULC (3)
Harvard (1)
Howard (1)
NYU (1)
NU (1)
SMU (3)
Texas A&M (1)
TSU (1)
Tulane (3)
Bama (1)
Berkeley (1)
Chicago (2)
UH (3)
Michigan (1)
UT (10)
UVA (4)
Vanderbilt (2)

Total - 48

that's a fucking huge houston class. like almost laughably huge

People seem to underestimate how large the Texas market is, especially Houston. Plus, Kirkland is really thriving there. I think V&E had about 60 SAs in Houston last summer? They'll probably have more in the summer ahead.

V&E had 36 2Ls in the Houston office last summer and the office size is close to twice as large as K&E Houston. The math does not work in explaining how they are going to make a 48 person class work.

Can you imagine what’s going to happen to those huge Houston classes if oil keeps tanking? Maybe they all switch to bk I guess...

WilmerHale - Boston (22)

Harvard (3)
Stanford (2)
Penn (1)
Columbia (1)
NYU (1)
GULC (1)
BU (4)
BC (4)
Northeastern (4)
Suffolk (1)

Anonymous User wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:Kirkland Chicago has a class of 58. Don't want to post the entire school breakdown since there are lot of them (most schools only have one or two people), but top three were (1) Northwestern - 15 (2) Michigan - 14 (3) Chicago - 10. A handful from Harvard and Yale. Most of the local schools are sending at least one person. There is also some representation from Big 10 law schools and other t14 schools.

Wow Chicago only has 10 more than Houston?

Chicago is not that big of a market really. Kirkland Chicago always has the biggest class size. Usually Kirkland has 55-60 and Sidley usually has 40-45. Then firms like Winston, Jenner, McDermott, and Jones Day will have 20-25. And then there is Mayer Brown, Katten, Latham, Skadden who usually have around 15. Most firms in the market only take 5-10 summers.

Anonymous User wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:Kirkland Chicago has a class of 58. Don't want to post the entire school breakdown since there are lot of them (most schools only have one or two people), but top three were (1) Northwestern - 15 (2) Michigan - 14 (3) Chicago - 10. A handful from Harvard and Yale. Most of the local schools are sending at least one person. There is also some representation from Big 10 law schools and other t14 schools.

Will you please post the other schools? I'm interested.

All of these not yet mentioned schools had at least 1 person, some of them 2-3.

Duke
Cal-Berkeley
Texas
Notre Dame
Iowa
Indiana
Minnesota
Howard
Loyola Chicago (3)
DePaul
John Marshall

No one from Illinois, Kent, or WashU

Does anyone have V&E Houston?