Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms (2006) - 8th Edition

The 2006 Vault rankings, an independent survey of 15,350 associates and nearly 900 partners from 156 of the most renowned law firms around the country, measures "Prestige" and "Quality of Life" factors for law firms. In this survey, Kirkland ranked:

#1 nationally for formal training;

#11 nationally for overall prestige;

#3 in Chicago for overall prestige;

#8 in Washington, D.C. for overall prestige;

#8 in Southern California for overall prestige;

#12 in New York for overall prestige;

#10 nationally for prestige of antitrust practice;

#3 nationally for prestige of bankruptcy practice;

#3 nationally for prestige of intellectual property practice;

#3 nationally for prestige of litigation practice;

#10 nationally for prestige of tax practice;

#14 (tie) nationally for partner prestige;

#3 in partner prestige for bankruptcy practice;

#4 in partner prestige for intellectual property practice;

#2 in partner prestige for litigation practice;

#16 nationally for selectivity; and

#14 nationally for compensation.