Law firm intake sizes

Law firm hiring since 2010

Since 2010 we've gathered data on law firm hiring numbers.

	Size of starting class
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP	36	40	38	50	33	33	38
Allen & Overy LLP	18	20	21	22	16	17	21
Alston & Bird LLP	79	49	64	52	36	34	38
Arnold & Porter LLP						35	26
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP					6	4	4
Baker & McKenzie	23	25	24	30	14	32	32
Baker Botts LLP	38	48	48	48	40	52	64
Bracewell LLP	33	23	19	25	34	20	23
Brown Rudnick LLP	15	21	18	20	23	14	14
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP	27	26	31	39	37	34	40
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP	33	41	34	34	47	38	37
Chadbourne & Parke LLP	18	11	17	15	12	10	9
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP	13	18	11	13	15	10	11
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	110	81	93	126	99	92	90
Clifford Chance US LLP	41	30	24	20	22	29	29
Cooley LLP	38	30	46	48	46	44	45
Cozen O'Connor						14	14
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	89	99	44	75	94	92	90
Crowell & Moring LLP	21	15	14	16	18	14	11
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost	14	9	15	11	8	7	8
DLA Piper LLP (US)	98	70	92	109	101	112	133
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP	82	35	47	62	66	76	75
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP					44	54	65
Dechert LLP	62	53	49	50	30	35	31
Duane Morris LLP	9	9	12	13	9	10	18
Dykema Gossett PLLC	6	5	6	12	8	16	10
Epstein Becker & Green PC	6	7	6	9	8	8	10
Fenwick & West LLP							19
Finnegan	27	31	28	30	25	21	24
Fish & Richardson PC	20	24	20	15	18	22	25
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto	18	16	12	15	8	10	9
Foley & Lardner LLP					50	36	48
Fox Rothschild LLP	13	13	13	12	11	12	19
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP	8	15	11	7	18	17	20
Fried, Frank	53	51	39	32	26	43	52
Gibbons P.C.	10	10	10	10	10	6	tbd
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	123	89	103	125	111	109	96
Goodwin Procter LLP							60
Goulston & Storrs							6
Greenberg Traurig, PA	27	21	23	27	43	37	36
Hangley Aronchick						1	1 – 2
Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP					7	4	4
Haynes and Boone, LLP	33	23	26	31	31	29	30
Hogan Lovells	56	86	54	58	58.5	57	62
Holland & Knight LLP	36	50	34	34	24	27	38
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP							22
Hunton & Williams LLP	13	18	19	32	24	26	31
Irell & Manella LLP	29	20	26	23	23	14	15
Jackson Walker LLP	12	12	13	17	15	9	15
Jenner & Block LLP	44	37	28	35	20	28	34
Jones Day	133	94	117	126	101	129	118
K&L Gates		104	63	51	70	85	67
Kasowitz	19	18	22	18	16	18	6
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	7	11	29	28	31	23	23
Kaye Scholer LLP	16	23	15	15	21	17	18
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP							16
King & Spalding LLP	43	26	15	22	31	24	27
Kirkland & Ellis LLP	130	142	140	141	111	114	140
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP	20	14	11	16	17	12	12
Latham & Watkins LLP	203	131	150	115	133	104	156
Linklaters	25	20	19	26	20	23	17
Lowenstein Sandler LLP							21
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP							5
Mayer Brown LLP	94	59	30	47	49	60	68
McGuireWoods LLP					23	15	19
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP	55	22	31	43	42	46	51
Mintz Levin						16	17
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	70	51	59	62	56	86	61
Morrison & Foerster LLP					59	43	43
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP	23	17	15	14	18	17	10
Nixon Peabody LLP					16	23	21
Norton Rose Fulbright							37
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP					6	7	4
O'Melveny & Myers LLP					67	47	67
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	47	33	39	28	26	31	33
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP	11	13	16	6	6	6	17
Paul Hastings LLP					54	61	61
Paul, Weiss	86	61	66	97	92	84	120
Pepper Hamilton LLP					21	12	14
Perkins Coie LLP	37	36	23	27	31	30	38
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	26	26	22	23	29	25	35
Proskauer Rose LLP	56	86	40	43	41	62	53
Reed Smith LLP	31	32	35	34	43	47	46
Ropes & Gray LLP	187	216	116	126	96	108	133
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP							33
Sedgwick LLP	7	5	9	4	6		7
Seward & Kissel LLP	10	8	11	14	11	15	14
Shearman & Sterling LLP	51	70	39	31	39	48	59
Sheppard, Mullin	28	28	26	30	31	29	32
Sidley Austin LLP	60	154	104	115	120	101	96
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	83	108	112	97	96	114	104
Skadden	184	92	86	135	149	186	200
Snell & Wilmer LLP	23	14	18	17	22	19	13
Squire Patton Boggs	24	1	5	12	4	16	10
Sterne, Kessler							5
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP	24	13	23	16	25	14	14
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	116	89	114	87	102	108	112
Thompson & Knight LLP							8
Vedder Price							10
Venable LLP	20	23	39	27	29	28	39
Vinson & Elkins LLP	72	57	70	74	43	48	62
Waller	6	4	4	6	5	10	5
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	54	104	130	77	59	64	83
White & Case LLP					58	55	67
Wiley Rein LLP	13	18	13	13	16	12	8
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP	47	27	22	42	43	55	66
WilmerHale	88	99	85	75	105	80	49
Winston & Strawn LLP	69	36	48	41	23	43	51