Vault Law

Researching legal career paths to find your best fit? Prepping for OCI or callback interviews? Deciding among multiple law firm job offers?

The Vault Law app is here to help! Available exclusively to students at Vault Campus partner law schools, this app will help you navigate your legal career path and prepare for law firm interviews. Vault’s trusted content includes everything you want to know about law firms across the country—from firm stats to insider associate insights.

Use this app to browse Vault’s law firm rankings, review law firm profiles, learn about legal practice areas, and compare law firms with our “Compare Firms” tool.

VAULT LAW RANKINGS
- The Vault Law 100: The 100 most prestigious law firms nationwide, as ranked by approximately 20,000 law firm associates who take Vault’s Annual Associate survey.
- Best Law Firms by Practice Area: The top firms across dozens of practice areas—associates vote for the strongest firms in their self-identified practice areas.
- Best Law Firms by Region: The top firms in more than a dozen U.S. regions based on ratings from associates who practice in those specific regions.
- Best Law Firms to Work For and Best Midsize Law Firms to Work For: Quality-of-life rankings based on associate ratings of what it is like to work within their own law firms. Categories include firm culture, hours, associate/partner relations, compensation, and more.
- Best Law Firms for Diversity: Diversity rankings in several categories based on associate ratings of their own law firms when it comes to diversity.
- Best Summer Associate Programs: The best law firm summer programs in a variety of categories based on ratings from junior associates looking back at their experience participating in the firm’s summer program.
- Vault’s Top 150 Under 150: A curated list of notable firms across the country with 150 attorneys or fewer.

LAW FIRM PROFILES
- Firm Overview: A description of the firm, including history, practice strength, and noteworthy initiatives.
- General Stats: A snapshot of useful firm data like salary, major departments, contact information, and more.
- Vault’s Verdict: Vault’s editorial summary of the insider insights shared by the firm’s associates through Vault’s Annual Associate Survey.
- Associate Reviews: A collection of real associate quotes regarding such topics as the firm’s hiring practices, quality of life at the firm, diversity, and pro bono.
- Summer program: Information on the firm’s summer associate program, including program stats and associate insights on the program.
- Why Work Here: A firm-authored section providing information on specialty practice areas, diversity, pro bono, guiding principles and values, day-to-day life at the firm, and more.
- Plus additional content like recent news, notable cases, and awards and accolades.

PRACTICE AREAS
- Overviews: Browse dozens of practice areas to learn the ins-and-outs of each practice, recommended law school classes for specific practices, and potential career paths related to each practice.
- Q&As: Read Q&As with real attorneys to gain a firsthand look at what it is really like to practice in specific practice areas.

LAW FIRM COMPARATIVE TOOL
- Vault’s “Compare Firms” tool allows you to compare law firms side by side, whether you’re creating an OCI bid list or choosing among multiple job offers.
- See how your top-choice firms stack up by comparing the factors that matter most to you.