Tools
Free planning tools for law students. Use the public calculators without sign-in; saved runs will appear as each tool gets dashboard storage. Methodology + data sources are linked in each tool.
Salary Calculator
Sort every BigLaw firm by COL-adjusted purchasing power, filter by HQ, office, or practice area, and see who actually pays market in the market that matters.
Best for: Scanning 100 firms by adjusted pay
Cost-of-Living Adjuster
One salary, two markets. See progressive federal + state + city tax stacks side-by-side, animated by bracket, plus the take-home delta. The relocation-decision tool.
Best for: Counter-offer math, relocation decisions
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Total Comp Comparison
Stack 2-4 offers side-by-side. Base, signing, year-end bonus, clerkship premium, COL-adjusted take-home. New: a bonus-risk dial that stress-tests the comparison at 50% / 100% / 110% bonus payouts.
Best for: Picking among multiple offers
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Practice-Area Fit Quiz
Twelve Likert questions about how you like to work. We map your answers to the BigLaw practice areas where students with similar profiles thrive.
Best for: 1Ls and 2Ls before bid lists
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Every BigLaw recruiting decision is a tradeoff between numbers (salary, bonus, COL, tax) and judgment (practice area, firm fit, geography). The numbers tools live here. The judgment side lives in the BigLaw Library. Both link to our methodology page, which cites the underlying data sources for every calculation.