Law Firm Rankings 2012: The Best Law Firms to Work For: Formal Training

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1-25
2012
RANK		 2011
RANK
CHANGE
FIRM
SCORE
LOCATION
1 2 Ropes & Gray LLP 8.991 Boston, MA
2 1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 8.812 Chicago, IL
3 6 Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. 8.692 Minneapolis, MN
4 4 Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP 8.686 Washington, DC
5 5 Linklaters LLP (US) 8.636 New York, NY
6 10 Clifford Chance US LLP 8.500 New York, NY
7 15 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 8.456 New York, NY
8 3 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 8.381 New York, NY
9 18 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 8.206 New York, NY
10 7 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 8.141 New York, NY
11 NR Carlton Fields 8.114 Tampa, FL
12 9 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC 8.000 Memphis, TN
13 16 Latham & Watkins LLP 7.998 New York, NY
14 11 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 7.933 Philadelphia, PA
15 19 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates 7.911 New York, NY
16 NR Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 7.906 New York, NY
17 NR Jenner & Block LLP 7.879 Chicago, IL
18 NR Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 7.834 New York, NY
19 NR Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. 7.811 Boston, MA
20 NR Morrison & Foerster LLP 7.774 San Francisco, CA
21 12 Davis Polk & Wardwell 7.759 New York, NY
22 NR Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 7.733 New York, NY
23 NR Quarles & Brady LLP 7.714 Milwaukee, WI
24 NR Brown Rudnick LLP 7.697 Boston, MA
25 NR Haynes and Boone, LLP 7.687 Dallas, TX

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