Historical Chambers & Partners bands Forum

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know where I can find the national rankings for chambers for the last 5 or so years? Specifically looking for tax areas. Considering a move and the firm I’m considering looks like it’d moving in the wrong direction, so just wanted to check.

[ConfusedNYer]

There's probably an easier way to do this and I don't really endorse this as a method for assessing firms but a lot of firms put out a press release with their chambers & partners bands when it releases each year. So if you google [firm] [year] chambers & partners you can see what band they were in by finding that press release. Rinse and repeat for the five year window.

(No promise this will work)

[Anonymous User]

Thanks for the tip! I tried it and unfortunately the firm only puts that it was ranked.

Also, as to your other comment, isn’t Chambers widely considered the best way to determine the quality of a practice group?

[UnfrozenCaveman]

It’s an okay proxy for broad sweeping views on the group but a lot of it is simply volume of deals or litigation, etc. It’s hard to get too specific with rankings for sub-practice groups.

If your really want to find historical info, maybe try the way back machine?

[justanotherlurker]

I imagine they were also published in book form and law schools would have had them. Try a local law school library, or contact your Career Services Office, they might keep old editions.