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Best Law Firms to Work For

Associates assess their own firms on a range of workplace issues related to career development, job satisfaction, and quality of life. Vault's 2026-2027 Rankings are derived from Vault's Annual Associate Survey conducted from October 22, 2025 to January 23, 2026.
Survey Methodology

Which law firms are the best to work for? For some, this is a far more important consideration than prestige. To determine our Best Law Firms to Work For, we used a formula that weighed the most relevant categories for an overall quality of life ranking. Each firm's overall score was calculated using the following formula:

25% satisfaction; 10% firm culture; 10% hours; 10% compensation; 10% quality of work; 5% business outlook; 5% career outlook; 5% associate/partner relations; 5% transparency; 5% formal and informal training; 5% pro bono; 5% overall inclusion

Like our Vault Law 100 rankings, our quality of life rankings are meant to reflect the subjective opinions of associates. These rankings are based on perceptions of insiders—some of whom may be biased in favor of (or against) their firms.

Vault's 2026-2027 Rankings are derived from Vault's Annual Associate Survey conducted from October 22, 2025 to January 23, 2026..

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2027 Best Law Firms for Associate-Partner Relations

#1
SCORE 9.735
2026 Rank 1
#2
SCORE 9.680
2026 Rank 2
#3
SCORE 9.612
2026 Rank 3
#4
SCORE 9.407
2026 Rank 16
#5
SCORE 9.406
2026 Rank 30
#6
SCORE 9.387
2026 Not Ranked
#7
SCORE 9.353
2026 Not Ranked
#8
SCORE 9.340
2026 Rank 4
#9
SCORE 9.333
2026 Rank 10
#10
SCORE 9.316
2026 Not Ranked