Manager of Legal Recruiting

The Manager of Legal Recruiting is charged with executing the work of the Recruiting Committee by managing all processes associated with legal recruiting and implementing both current and other best practices of legal recruiting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Recruiting Related Duties:

• Coordinate law school student recruiting and maintain relationships with law school career service and development professionals.
• Administer the 1L and 2L recruiting and interview process.
• Oversee and maintain the accuracy of the firm’s applicant tracking system and direct application portal for all active hiring processes
• Spearhead efforts and initiatives resulting from Recruiting Committee meeting discussions.
• Manage all associate level lateral recruiting efforts including liaising with practice groups heads re: needs of the group.
• Maintain relationship(s) with external recruiter(s) to coordinate lateral searches, interview and offer process as needed.
• Compile and maintain statistical recruiting analyses used for Firm management and all requested surveys.
• Prepare Recruiting Committee meeting agendas and related materials for review by the committee.
• Plan recruiting activities, such as receptions, dinners and informational programs on school campuses.
• Manage Summer Associate Program including onboarding, orientation, rotations, feedback, and events.
• Review and make decisions on sponsorship requests from student groups and school administrations for participation in on-campus programming, including soliciting attorney volunteers.
• Serve as the department super administrator for the applicant tracking system, including but not limited to requesting upgrades, system changes and maintenance as needed.
• Manage content and production of Firm Recruiting materials.
• Remain current on market trends in law student, summer associate, lateral attorney recruitment and more.

Other Duties:

• Maintain memberships with professional associations such as the local city group New York City Recruiting Association (NYCRA) and the National Association for Law Placement (NALP).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Knowledge of current recruiting best practices.
• Excellent leadership and management skills.
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of firm personnel.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills to deal effectively with all levels of personnel. Professional and gracious demeanor and service attitude at all times.
• Ability to work independently under pressure.
• Ability to organize and implement detailed and complex projects.
• Flexibility in the midst of multiple and/or changing priorities and deadlines.
• Integrity – strong professional and ethical standards; Must observe confidentiality of personnel and Firm matters.
• Proficiency in Outlook, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint — familiarity with viRecruit, Flo Recruit or other recruiting database. Knowledge of viLMS or a similar CLE database a plus.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Eight or more years’ experience in professional recruiting or related field.