Legal Recruiting Coordinator

New York, NY

Responsibilities

• Provide organizational support for all on-campus recruiting initiatives and the summer program
• Aid in the engagement of, and relationship building with, law schools and student groups.  Work directly with school team partners on tactical partnerships on campus on a year-round basis
• Coordinate on-campus Interviews (OCI), including but not limited to, OCI registration, hospitality suite staffing and organization, interviewer selection, on-campus event planning, and communication with school teams
• Strategically and thoughtfully schedule interviews and second visits for summer associate candidates; Oversee follow-up and tracking of callback candidates, including managing outreach and reporting on statuses; Create and manage student profiles in viRecruit
• Serve as firm ambassador and representative for virtual and  in-person engagements (when in-person events resume)
• Coordinate all aspects of the summer associate program including pre-summer program on-boarding, planning, managing and attending events (including budget monitoring), overseeing summer orientation, liaising with practice groups to monitor summer associate performance, and maintaining summer associate evaluation files
• Track sponsorship requests
• Assist with lateral hiring, including lateral associates and partners and judicial clerks
• Assist in the development of marketing materials and evites, including content for website, summer on-boarding site, and other internal and external marketing and graphics
• Coordinate 1L, 3L and LL.M. hiring initiatives
• Other responsibilities as they are assigned by the Director of Legal Recruiting and the Legal Recruiting Manager

Qualifications

• A 4 year college degree is required
• Strongly preferred: 3 – 5 years’ experience working in a law firm or professional services environment
• Advanced Proficiency of Word and Excel required; knowledge of viDesktop a plus
• Must have strong interpersonal skills and collaborative abilities
• Must have superior organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Must be able to juggle multiple tasks with competing tight deadlines
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate professionally and diplomatically and maintain confidentiality
• Availability to work overtime over a sustained period of time
• Ability to work under general supervision