Best Law Firms for Pro Bono

Associates were asked to rate their firm on a 1-to-10 scale for each of several quality of life categories. The firm's score in each quality of life category is simply the average of the scores its associates gave in that area. It is important to note that those firms without a high enough aggregate of associates completing the survey were ineligible to appear in these rankings.

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2015 Rank	2014 Rank	Change	Company	Score	Location
1	1	—	Squire Patton Boggs LLP	9.848	Washington, DC
2	3	▲	Foley Hoag LLP	9.778	Boston, MA
3	2	▼	Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP	9.754	New York, NY
4	11	▲	Ropes & Gray LLP	9.570	Boston, MA
5	5	—	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP	9.543	Washington, DC
6	NR	—	Gibbons P.C.	9.512	Newark, NJ
7	13	▲	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	9.504	New York, NY
8	4	▼	Jenner & Block LLP	9.500	Chicago, IL
9	9	—	Paul Hastings LLP	9.466	New York, NY
10	24	▲	Morrison & Foerster LLP	9.420	San Francisco, CA
11	NR	—	Irell & Manella LLP	9.395	Los Angeles, CA
12	15	▲	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	9.350	Los Angeles, CA
13	6	▼	Hunton & Williams LLP	9.344	Washington, DC
14	8	▼	Holland & Hart LLP	9.337	Denver, CO
15	21	▲	Covington & Burling LLP	9.330	Washington, DC
15	NR	—	O'Melveny & Myers LLP	9.330	Los Angeles, CA
16	NR	—	Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC	9.275	Memphis, TN
17	NR	—	Arnold & Porter LLP	9.255	Washington, DC
17	20	▲	Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP	9.255	Los Angeles, CA
18	7	▼	WilmerHale	9.221	Washington, DC
19	NR	—	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates	9.180	New York, NY
20	NR	—	McCarter & English LLP	9.175	Newark, NJ
21	17	▼	Latham & Watkins LLP	9.142	New York, NY
22	10	▼	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9.129	Boston, MA
23	NR	—	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP	9.124	New York, NY
24	25	▲	Steptoe & Johnson LLP	9.116	Washington, DC
25	22	▼	Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP	9.106	Philadelphia, PA

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