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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: #1; Covington & Burling LLP: #12.

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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: #50; Covington & Burling LLP: #30.

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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: $225,000; Covington & Burling LLP: $225,000.

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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: 4; Covington & Burling LLP: 15.

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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: 143 (year not confirmed); Covington & Burling LLP: 118 (year not confirmed).

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

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP: 100%; Covington & Burling LLP: 99.3%.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. Covington & Burling 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	Covington & Burling
Higher pay winsTie	$225,000	$225,000
Higher wins	$7.20M (wins this category)	$3.25M
Lower rank wins	#1 (wins this category)	#12
Lower rank wins	#50	#30 (wins this category)
Higher wins	$1.29B	$2.06B (wins this category)
More lawyers wins	572	1,311 (wins this category)
OfficesMore offices wins	4	15 (wins this category)
Nationwide, Chambers USA 2026More Band 1 tables wins	6 tables	16 tables (wins this category)
2L OpensEarlier date wins	Jan 4, 2027Summer 2028	Dec 1, 2026 (wins this category)Class of 2029. Separate 2L application.
1L OpensEarlier date wins	No 1L Program	Opened Nov 1, 2026Class of 2029. Separate 1L application.

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
Covington & Burling LLP
Est. 1919 · Washington

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.

Covington & Burling LLP

Est. 1919 · Washington

Covington & Burling LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #12 / Am Law #30, founded in Washington, DC. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Corporate Crime & Investigations, Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia, and False Claims Act.

Rankings & prestige

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP#1
Covington & Burling LLP#12

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP#50
Covington & Burling LLP#30

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP15 records
Covington & Burling LLP24 records

: #1
: #50
: 15 records

Vault rank: #12
Am Law rank: #30
Reported Chambers Band 1 records: 24 records

Compensation

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$225,000
Covington & Burling LLP$225,000

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$7.20M
Covington & Burling LLP$3.25M

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$1.29B
Covington & Burling LLP$2.06B

Revenue per lawyer

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP$2.26M
Covington & Burling LLP$1.57M

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

First-Year Comp: $225,000
Profits Per Partner: $3.25M
Firm revenue: $2.06B
Revenue per lawyer: $1.57M

Work & scale

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNot Reported
Covington & Burling LLPNot Reported

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP7 years
Covington & Burling LLP8 years

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP3.4:1
Covington & Burling LLP2:1

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP~550
Covington & Burling LLP~1,300

Offices

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP4
Covington & Burling LLP15

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

Billable target: Not Reported
Partnership track: 8 years
US associates per partner: 2:1
Firm size (rounded to 50): ~1,300
Offices: 15

Summer Program

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP100%
Covington & Burling LLP99.3%

Class size

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP143 (year not confirmed)
Covington & Burling LLP118 (year not confirmed)

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPRotation
Covington & Burling LLPNot Reported

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPYes
Covington & Burling LLPNo

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

Offer rate: 99.3%
Class size: 118 (year not confirmed)
How associates get work: Not Reported
Specific practice area: No

1L and 2L programs

1L program

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNo 1L summer program
Covington & Burling LLP1L summer program

1L applications open

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNot Reported
Covington & Burling LLPOpened Nov 1

2L applications open

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPJan 4, 2027
Covington & Burling LLPDec 1, 2026

2L deadline

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPNot announced
Covington & Burling LLPNot announced

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

1L program: 1L summer program
1L applications open: Opened Nov 1
2L applications open: Dec 1, 2026
2L deadline: Not announced

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.

Rank differences

AntitrustNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1
Covington & Burling LLPBand 3

Band 1

Band 3

Corporate Crime & InvestigationsNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1 · Highly Regarded
Covington & Burling LLPBand 1 · Elite

Band 1 · Highly Regarded

Band 1 · Elite

Corporate/M&ANationwide · 2026

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

Band 1 · Elite

Band 2 · Highly Regarded

Corporate/M&ANew York · 2026

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

Band 1 · Elite

Band 2 · Highly Regarded

Life SciencesNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 5
Covington & Burling LLPBand 1

Band 5

Band 1

Securities: Regulation: AdvisoryNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1
Covington & Burling LLPBand 2

Band 1

Band 2

Tax: Corporate & FinanceNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 1
Covington & Burling LLPBand 4

Band 1

Band 4

Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 2
Covington & Burling LLPBand 3

Band 2

Band 3

Litigation: General CommercialNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 2 · Elite
Covington & Burling LLPBand 3 · Elite

Band 2 · Elite

Band 3 · Elite

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

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

Band 1 · Highly Regarded

Band 2 · Elite

Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer CounselNationwide · 2026

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBand 3
Covington & Burling LLPBand 4

Band 3

Band 4

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 Covington & Burling for sources and dates.