Legal Recruiting and Professional Development Specialist
Legal Recruiting and Professional Development Specialist
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
Recruiting:
* Coordinate all aspects of law student recruiting, including registration and coordination of all on campus recruiting activities and in-office call back interviews.
* Oversee accuracy of applicant database (VI Desktop) for all entry-level and lateral associate hiring activity. Generate related hiring reports. Enter data of all search firm, unsolicited and on campus applicants in VI Desktop. Track pertinent candidate information.
* Plan, coordinate and attend the summer program and on campus recruiting activities, including offer dinners.
* Respond to and direct prospective candidate and law clerk/associate inquiries.
* Provide administrative support including, maintaining candidate records and coordinating background, conflict and transcript checks for new hires.
* Update recruiting files, monitor recruiting expenses and process expense reimbursements.
* Coordinate attorney travel logistics reservations for recruiting programs.
Professional Development:
* Assist with onboarding of new attorneys and the coordination of new associate orientation.
* Assist with attorney mentoring programs (e.g., new attorney associate liaisons and career
* advisors, women associate mentoring circles) including processing and tracking expense reports.
* Assist with planning of internal and external attorney events, including class and department events and milestone celebrations.
* Assist with all aspects of program logistics for attorney training (e.g., milestone training seminars for 1st year associates, 4th year associates and senior associates, junior associate substantive curriculum).
* Provide support for the Los Angeles associate facing committees, including assisting with the planning of training programs, luncheons and events.
* Manage surveys and statistical analysis.
* Assist with basic administrative support when required.
* Perform other duties as assigned.