Our client is seeking a full-time Attorney Recruiting + Development Specialist to join its Talent Team. This role will lead and support the full-cycle recruitment of lateral associates, partners, and temporary attorneys. The Attorney Recruiting + Development Specialist will serve as a strategic partner to firm leadership and hiring partners, helping to drive a thoughtful, efficient, and high-touch approach to lateral hiring. The position will work closely with the Chief Talent + Culture Officer and an Attorney Recruiting + Development Assistant to deliver an exceptional candidate experience and support long-term talent objectives. This is a highly visible, hands-on role for a proactive recruiting professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes ownership of complex hiring initiatives, builds strong relationships across the firm, and contributes to the continuous improvement of recruiting processes, programs, and policies.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and finalize search descriptions with hiring partners for lateral associate, partner, and temporary attorney searches.
Coordinate the launch and distribution of searches internally and through recruiting agencies, including maintaining search infrastructure, intake forms, tracking spreadsheets, and recruiting systems.
Participate in recruiting strategy, pipeline, and hiring discussions with firm leadership, hiring partners, and recruiting agencies.
Review resumes, evaluate candidate qualifications, and assess alignment with hiring needs.
Prepare candidate presentations and related materials for hiring partners.
Serve as a primary point of contact for candidates, recruiting agencies, and hiring partners.
Manage active candidate pipelines, process submissions, conduct agency follow-ups, track outstanding items, and maintain accurate recruiting data and reporting.
Conduct first-round associate interviews and participate in candidate evaluations.
Oversee interview scheduling and logistics and provide guidance to the Attorney Recruiting + Development Assistant.
Advise hiring partners regarding interview feedback, hiring recommendations, and next steps.
Collaborate with firm leadership on compensation recommendations and offer terms.
Draft and distribute hiring memoranda in support of hiring recommendations.
Extend offers, draft offer letters, prepare offer packages and benefits materials, and manage communications throughout the offer process.
Oversee conflicts and background-check clearance in partnership with the General Counsel, department leaders, and Human Resources.
Coordinate attorney onboarding, including start dates, pre-start communications, first-day logistics, office assignments, building access, technology setup, and calendar coordination.
Facilitate attorney integration and orientation, including training, announcements, firm tours, cross-department introductions, and ongoing check-ins.
Close searches by updating recruiting systems, archiving search records, and communicating with recruiting agencies.
Process placement invoices and maintain recruiting budget tracking and reporting.
Coordinate collection of new-hire performance feedback from practice group partners.
Oversee recruiting agency agreements and support contract negotiations.
Update annual compensation and benchmarking data, conduct market research, and monitor industry trends.
Develop and refine recruiting procedures, checklists, and workflow documentation to improve efficiency and consistency.
Provide guidance and support to the Attorney Recruiting + Development Assistant.
Serve as a trusted ambassador of the firm through professionalism, sound judgment, discretion, and exceptional client service.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required.3+ years of attorney recruiting experience within a top-tier law firm environment.
Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle recruiting processes with increasing independence.
Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a polished, client-focused approach.
High level of discretion and commitment to confidentiality.
Proactive, resourceful, and able to operate independently while knowing when to escalate.
Strong attention to detail and flexibility in a dynamic environment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
ATS experience preferred.
