Legal Recruiting & Associate Life Coordinator

Job Description

Description/Job Summary

The Legal Recruiting & Associate Life Coordinator provides support for both Legal Recruiting and Legal Talent departments in the DC office. Including but not limited to, implementing the Summer Associate program, Lateral Associate recruiting, mentoring and day-to-day administrative support. This role provides general administrative support with regards to all associate life initiatives, planning and coordination of events, and serving as a point of contact and resource to all DC Associates.

Responsibilities/Duties

Coordinate campus registration process for fall on-campus interviews (OCI), including working with Partners and Directors to determine number of schedules

Reserve and setup on-site interview rooms as necessary

Provide candidate interview status updates to Recruiting Committee Partners during OCI season

Schedule attorneys to interview candidates both off and on-site

Communicate and coordinate follow-up visits for candidates with offers

Develop Summer Associate event calendar with Summer Associate Committee and Director of Administration; propose, plan, and execute events

Coordinate Summer Associate assignments, evaluations and review process; prepare review packets for Partners

Complete bar admission forms/tracking

Coordinate lateral recruiting for office

Communicate with Summer Associates between completion of Summer Associate program and onboarding in the fall

Assist with the developing the annual recruiting budget

Maintain familiarity with general and regional legal recruiting trends; attend annual NALP Conference

Facilitate Career Services and Law School relationship building and engagement; promote the Firm's presence on campus

Provide support to existing mentoring programs to ensure the success of multiple programs aimed to increase mentoring opportunities in the DC office.

Send communication regarding mentors and tracking quarterly meetings

Tracks expenses charged to the mentoring, congratulatory, fitness reimbursement and other attorney related expenses and provide budget reports to the Manager of Legal Recruiting & Associate Life

Prepare onboarding paperwork for new attorneys, process paperwork, and help coordinate new hire orientation

Coordinate new and current attorney headshots and business cards

Coordinate practice group trainings and meetings

Perform other duties as assigned

Required Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Excellent organizational, interpersonal and problem solving skills

Ability to manage multiple projects, work independently, prioritize workloads, follow-up and meet deadlines

Ability to use tact and discretion and maintain utmost confidentiality of personnel information

Ability to deliver exceptional customer service at all times; exercise courtesy and diplomacy with Firm personnel and representatives outside of the company

Highly dependable and demonstrated consistent, effective administrative and clerical performance for the accomplishment of responsibilities and defined objectives

Strong administrative and data management skills

Proficiency with MS Office including Word and Excel and PowerPoint required

Required Experience

2 - 3 years of legal recruiting and/or legal talent experience required

Preferred Experience

Previous experience working in an administrative capacity in a large law firm

Proficiency in Flo Recruit, vi and other similar recruiting systems preferred

Required Education

Bachelor's degree required

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