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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 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

Each row stands on its own. There is no overall winner; weigh what matters to you.

CategorySkaddenCooley
Higher pay wins$225,000$255,000+ (wins this category)
Higher wins$7.01M (wins this category)$4.58M
Lower rank wins#3 (wins this category)#22
Lower rank wins#5 (wins this category)#24
Higher wins$4.07B (wins this category)$2.37B
More lawyers wins1,756 (wins this category)1,304
OfficesMore offices wins21 (wins this category)19
Nationwide, Chambers USA 2026More Band 1 tables wins14 tables (wins this category)9 tables
2L OpensSummer 2028Earlier date winsOpened Nov 2, 2026Opened Oct 31, 2026 (wins this category)
1L OpensSummer 2027Earlier date winsNot ComparableOpened Nov 2, 2026Closed

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.

Full Comparison

Rankings & prestige

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP#3
  • Cooley LLP#22

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP#5
  • Cooley LLP#24

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP40 records
  • Cooley LLP24 records
Compensation

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP$225,000
  • Cooley LLP$255,000+

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP$7.01M
  • Cooley LLP$4.58M

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP$4.07B
  • Cooley LLP$2.37B

Revenue per lawyer

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP$2.32M
  • Cooley LLP$1.82M
Work & scale

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot Reported
  • Cooley LLP1,950

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot Reported
  • Cooley LLPNot Reported

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot Reported
  • Cooley LLPNot Reported

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP~1,750
  • Cooley LLP~1,300

Offices

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP21
  • Cooley LLP19
Summer Program

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP99.4%
  • Cooley LLP98%

Class size

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP190 (2026)
  • Cooley LLP100 (year not confirmed)

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot Reported
  • Cooley LLPNot Reported

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNo
  • Cooley LLPCase by Case
1L and 2L programs

1L program

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNo 1L summer program
  • Cooley LLPNot Reported

1L applications open

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPOpened Nov 2
  • Cooley LLPExpected fall 2026

2L applications open

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPOpened Nov 2
  • Cooley LLPOpened Oct 31

2L deadline

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNot announced
  • Cooley LLPJan 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: Debt & Equity · California · 2026Band 1
Litigation: Securities · California · 2026Band 1
Capital Markets: Convertible Debt · Nationwide · 2026Band 2
Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel · Nationwide · 2026Band 2
Capital Markets: Equity: Manager Counsel · Nationwide · 2026Band 2
Litigation: General Commercial · Massachusetts · 2026Band 2
Banking & Finance · California · 2026Band 4
Technology · Nationwide · 2026Band 4

Rank differences

Artificial IntelligenceNationwide · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 3
  • Cooley LLPBand 1
Corporate/M&A & Private EquityDistrict of Columbia · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 1
  • Cooley LLPBand 4
Corporate/M&ACalifornia: Los Angeles & Surrounds · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 1 · Elite
  • Cooley LLPBand 3 · Elite
Corporate/M&ACalifornia: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 1 · Elite
  • Cooley LLPBand 3 · Elite
Corporate/M&ANationwide · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 1 · Elite
  • Cooley LLPBand 5 · Elite
Corporate/M&ANew York · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 1 · Elite
  • Cooley LLPBand 2 · Highly Regarded
Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationCalifornia: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrou · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 1
  • Cooley LLPBand 2
Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationNationwide · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 1
  • Cooley LLPBand 5
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)Nationwide · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 2
  • Cooley LLPBand 1
Life SciencesNationwide · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 5
  • Cooley LLPBand 1
Litigation: General CommercialCalifornia · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 2 · Elite
  • Cooley LLPBand 1 · Elite
Litigation: General CommercialNationwide · 2026
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPBand 1 · Elite
  • Cooley LLPBand 2 · 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 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Cooley for sources and dates.