Lawyer Recruiting Assistant

This role provides administrative and operational support to Lawyer Recruiting Managers across the lateral attorney hiring process, with an emphasis on partner recruiting. Based in New York, NY (onsite), you will help coordinate key hiring activities, manage candidate information, and support recruiting reporting and onboarding.

Role Overview

As a Lawyer Recruiting Assistant, you will assist throughout multiple stages of lateral attorney recruiting, including interview coordination, due diligence support, offer and regret communications, and recruiting metrics tracking. You will also contribute to sourcing and market research efforts and support onboarding and integration activities for newly hired lateral attorneys.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Lawyer Recruiting Managers throughout the lateral attorney hiring process, with a particular focus on partner recruiting.
• Coordinate candidate interviews, including scheduling, communications with candidates and search firms, interview logistics, and preparation of follow-up materials.
• Assist with due diligence and hiring processes, including background and reference checks, conflicts communications, offer letters, and regret communications.
• Support lateral attorney sourcing and market research using LinkedIn, Leopard List, and other resources to identify candidates and monitor legal recruiting trends.
• Maintain candidate data in viRecruit, track recruiting activity, and prepare hiring reports and other recruiting metrics.
• Support lateral attorney onboarding and integration while assisting with administrative projects and other initiatives for the Lawyer Talent Acquisition team.

Required Qualifications

• Prior administrative experience in a law firm or other professional services environment required; attorney recruiting experience preferred.
• Understanding of the attorney recruiting lifecycle, with the ability to support multiple stages of the hiring process.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills, with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage shifting priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with professionalism to interact effectively with attorneys, candidates, search firms, and internal stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with viRecruit strongly preferred.
• Service-oriented team player with sound judgment, problem-solving skills, and the ability to maintain confidentiality in a fast-paced environment.

Tools and Technologies

• Microsoft Office
• viRecruit
• LinkedIn
• Leopard List

Compensation

USD 63,000 - 68,000 per year