Attorney Recruiting Assistant

Santa Monica, California

A leading international firm opportunity for a talent administrative professional candidate to join their team on a contract basis support the Associate Recruiting and HR Teams.  

Candidates who apply must be available to work on a hybrid basis in the firm's Santa Monica office, with a minimum of three days on-site.

The assistant will support the legal/attorney recruiting team with creating initiatives to help attract top legal talent. The role is combination of administrative support, event planning, and coordinating interviews/gaining feedback from attorneys and summer associate applicants. This is a great opportunity to gain a wide variety of experience.  If you are law school bound, this position will also give you amazing insight into firms' summer associate programs and recruiting priorities.

Start Date: ASAP

Assignment Length: 3-5 months

Work week schedule: Monday-Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm, with additional hours if necessary. In office Monday – Thursday, Friday remote.

Candidate requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree 
• Prior recruiting and/or event experience in a legal, professional or academic setting, preferred

Legal Recruiting & Associate Relations

• Coordinate all phases of associate recruiting, including scheduling interviews, travel arrangements, hotel accommodations, expense reimbursements, and candidate communications for lateral associates, judicial law clerks, entry-level associates, and summer associate candidates
• Assist with on-campus recruiting, job fairs, networking events, and recruiting receptions, including preparation of recruiting materials, interview packets, presentations, and job postings
• Process resumes from candidates, referrals, and legal search firms; maintain recruiting databases, applicant tracking systems, candidate files, 

Summer Associate Program

• Coordinate local office summer program orientation, training sessions, social events, calendars, swag, presentations, attorney handbooks, and program communications for the Summer Associate Program
• Assist the recruiting team with national summer associate program planning on an as-needed basis, including summer associate reviews and the summer associate national academy

Talent Management, Human Resources & L&PD

• Coordinate onboarding and pre-arrival activities for newly hired attorneys and staff, including orientation scheduling, new hire paperwork, background checks, bar exam and stipend reimbursements, and required documentation
• Coordinate attorney training and professional development programs by managing schedules, room bookings, catering, attendance tracking, presenter logistics, and distribution of training materials

Office Administration

• Coordinate employee recognition efforts, office initiatives, events, reporting, document preparation, data entry, and additional operational or administrative projects as assigned

Apply today for consideration! Posted hourly rate is negotiable based on experience level.