We're taking a look at hiring trends among the largest firms, pinpointing which firms hired the most new associates in 2018 and from which campuses those firms recruited most heavily. Last year, Kirkland & Ellis reported hiring the largest new associate class, at 212. A whopping 22 came from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Columbia Law School had the largest cohort of 2018 graduates go to a single firm, sending 27 to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.