Legal Recruiting Coordinator

Job Description

Position: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: Los Angeles | Oakland | San Diego

Schedule: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote

Recruiting Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Director to implement effective recruiting strategies and maintain recruiting records, including candidate application materials.
• Schedule and execute applicant interviews.
• Manage due diligence process for attorney hires to ensure internal conflicts are completed promptly.
• Upon offer acceptance, work with Human Resources Department to ensure background and reference checks are run.
• Provide ongoing support to new attorney hires during their orientation week and integration period.
• Provide support for Firmwide projects as assigned by the Director related to attorney recruiting and hiring.
• Update a variety of tracking documents relating to attorney statistics and data.

Professional Development Responsibilities:

• Assist the Director with developing and creating attorney development initiatives, as well as training and mentoring programs.
• Provide support on Inclusion and Equity communications, programming, and events.
• Assist in calendaring meetings, programming and events, including team meetings, professional development programming/trainings, and other committee meetings relating to professional development initiatives.
• Provide support for Firmwide projects as assigned by the Director related to attorney professional development and training.
• Other key responsibilities will include maintaining candidate profiles in our database, coordinating interview schedules, collecting and distributing candidate feedback, managing recruiting files and databases, generating and disseminating reports on recruiting efforts, and undertaking other administrative and strategic projects as requested.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Undergraduate degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred. Additional certification in recruitment or human resources is a plus.
• 3 years of experience in legal industry recruitment.
• Understanding of the California legal market and the specific challenges and opportunities it presents for recruitment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and desire to function effectively in a team setting and approach tasks with a positive outlook is required.
• Computer literacy and familiarity with word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation programs.
• Use and familiarity of recruiting and applicant tracking software such as Dayforce and LawCruit.