How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Cooley LLP compare on vault rank?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: #1; Cooley LLP: #22.

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Cooley LLP compare on am Law rank?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: #50; Cooley LLP: #24.

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Cooley LLP compare on first-Year Comp?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: $225,000; Cooley LLP: $255,000+.

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Cooley LLP compare on billable target?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: not shown; Cooley LLP: 1,950.

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Cooley LLP compare on offices?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: 4; Cooley LLP: 19.

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Cooley LLP compare on summer class size?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: 143 (year not confirmed); Cooley LLP: 100 (year not confirmed).

How do Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Cooley LLP compare on summer offer rate?

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: 100%; Cooley LLP: 98%.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Cooley LLP

Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.

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Who Wins Each Category

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Category	Cravath	Cooley
Higher pay wins	$225,000	$255,000+ (wins this category)
Higher wins	$7.20M (wins this category)	$4.58M
Lower rank wins	#1 (wins this category)	#22
Lower rank wins	#50	#24 (wins this category)
Higher wins	$1.29B	$2.37B (wins this category)
More lawyers wins	572	1,304 (wins this category)
OfficesMore offices wins	4	19 (wins this category)
Nationwide, Chambers USA 2026More Band 1 tables wins	6 tables	9 tables (wins this category)
2L OpensSummer 2028Earlier date wins	Jan 4, 2027	Opened Oct 31, 2026 (wins this category)
1L OpensEarlier date wins	No 1L Program	ClosedSummer 2027

Sources: Vault 2027 and Am Law 200 FY2025 rankings, Chambers USA 2026, first-year pay as each firm or the market reports it, and program dates from firm career pages on the Job Board. Missing data reads Not Reported and never counts as a loss.

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Est. 1819
Cooley LLP
Est. 1920

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Est. 1819

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is a mid-size firm of ~572 attorneys, Vault #1 / Am Law #50. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel, and Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Manager Counsel.

Cooley LLP

Est. 1920

Cooley LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #22 / Am Law #24. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Artificial Intelligence, Capital Markets, and Capital Markets: Debt & Equity. Operates from 19 offices worldwide.

Rankings & prestige

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP#1
Cooley LLP#22

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP#50
Cooley LLP#24

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP15 records
Cooley LLP24 records

: #1
: #50
: 15 records

Vault rank: #22
Am Law rank: #24
Reported Chambers Band 1 records: 24 records

Compensation

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$225,000
Cooley LLP$255,000+

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$7.20M
Cooley LLP$4.58M

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$1.29B
Cooley LLP$2.37B

Revenue per lawyer

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$2.26M
Cooley LLP$1.82M

: $225,000
: $7.20M
: $1.29B
Revenue per lawyer: $2.26M

First-Year Comp: $255,000+
Profits Per Partner: $4.58M
Firm revenue: $2.37B
Revenue per lawyer: $1.82M

Work & scale

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNot Reported
Cooley LLP1,950

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP7 years
Cooley LLPNot Reported

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP3.4:1
Cooley LLPNot Reported

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP~550
Cooley LLP~1,300

Offices

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP4
Cooley LLP19

: Not Reported
: 7 years
: 3.4:1
: ~550
Offices: 4

Billable target: 1,950
Partnership track: Not Reported
US associates per partner: Not Reported
Firm size (rounded to 50): ~1,300
Offices: 19

Summer Program

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP100%
Cooley LLP98%

Class size

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP143 (year not confirmed)
Cooley LLP100 (year not confirmed)

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPRotation
Cooley LLPNot Reported

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPYes
Cooley LLPCase by Case

: 100%
Class size: 143 (year not confirmed)
: Rotation
: Yes

Offer rate: 98%
Class size: 100 (year not confirmed)
How associates get work: Not Reported
Specific practice area: Case by Case

1L and 2L programs

1L program

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNo 1L summer program
Cooley LLPNot Reported

1L applications open

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNot Reported
Cooley LLPExpected fall 2026

2L applications open

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPJan 4, 2027
Cooley LLPOpened Oct 31

2L deadline

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNot announced
Cooley LLPJan 29, 2027

1L program: No 1L summer program
1L applications open: Not Reported
2L applications open: Jan 4, 2027
2L deadline: Not announced

1L program: Not Reported
1L applications open: Expected fall 2026
2L applications open: Opened Oct 31
2L deadline: Jan 29, 2027

Chambers by practice, market and year

Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.

Shared rankings

Capital Markets: Equity: Manager Counsel · Nationwide · 2026Band 2

Litigation: General Commercial · Nationwide · 2026Band 2 · The Elite

Securities: Litigation · Nationwide · 2026Band 2

Rank differences

Corporate/M&ANationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1 · Elite
Cooley LLPBand 5 · Elite

Band 1 · Elite

Band 5 · Elite

Corporate/M&ANew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1 · Elite
Cooley LLPBand 2 · Highly Regarded

Band 1 · Elite

Band 2 · Highly Regarded

Life SciencesNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 5
Cooley LLPBand 1

Band 5

Band 1

Litigation: General CommercialNew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1 · Elite
Cooley LLPBand 2 · Highly Regarded

Band 1 · Elite

Band 2 · Highly Regarded

Securities: Regulation: AdvisoryNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1
Cooley LLPBand 3

Band 1

Band 3

Banking & FinanceNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 2
Cooley LLPBand 5

Band 2

Band 5

Banking & FinanceNew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 2
Cooley LLPBand 5

Band 2

Band 5

Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer CounselNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 3
Cooley LLPBand 2

Band 3

Band 2

Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 2
Cooley LLPBand 5

Band 2

Band 5

Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government InvestigationsNew York · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1 · Highly Regarded
Cooley LLPBand 4 · Elite

Band 1 · Highly Regarded

Band 4 · Elite

Firm-only and additional rankings remain available on each firm profile so missing coverage is not mistaken for a head-to-head loss.

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Data sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown. Chambers record counts can span years and reporting coverage varies; missing years or markets are not compared. Current Chambers bands were checked against each firm’s Chambers profile on Sep 26, 2026; where Chambers splits a table, every Elite firm ranks above every Highly Regarded firm. Missing values read “Not Reported”.

More head-to-head comparisons

Firm data comes from each firm’s own publications, Chambers USA and Vault; see Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Cooley for sources and dates.