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Description

Responsible for administrative and organizational support of the recruiting process for the hiring of new attorneys and summer associates.

Key Responsibilities Include

Law School Recruitment

Coordinates the law school recruitment process, including acting as effective liaison with law school career services offices and facilitating participation of firm representatives at school events throughout the academic year.
Facilitates the scheduling of law school campus interviews, including managing the registration process and all related arrangements, and designs materials to prepare attorneys for on-campus interviews.
Manages callback interview process, including but not limited to scheduling, greeting and communicating with candidates and selecting attorney interviewers.
Coordinates and reviews interview feedback. Drafts related recruitment correspondence, coordinates communication with all law student and attorney applicants on behalf of the firm, and maintains recruitment candidate database and files.
Coordinates lateral attorney and summer associate orientation.
Aids in the effective engagement and ongoing relationship building with law schools and law student groups to advance the firm’s brand on campuses.
Represents the firm through membership in Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association (WALRAA), a local legal recruiting organization.

Summer Associate Program

In collaboration with the Attorney Recruiting Manager, designs and efficiently coordinates many aspects of the firm’s summer associate program, including pre-arrival processes and communications, orientation, mentoring, and programming.
Assist the Attorney Recruiting Manager with the evaluation process for summer associates.

Lateral Recruitment

In collaboration with the Attorney Recruiting Manager, assist with the tracking, scheduling, and greeting of lateral attorney candidates in the pipeline.
Help update and maintain accurate records in legal recruiting database – LawCruit.
Performs additional tasks as needed.

Diversity

Manages the firm’s relationships with law school affinity groups and facilitates firm sponsorship and participation in student programs and activities.
Assists with the coordination of the Annual 1L Demystifying the Large Law Firm practice event aimed specifically at finding diverse top legal talent.
Reviews competitive market information and contributes ideas to further the firm’s diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

3+ years of law firm recruiting experience preferred.
Knowledge and understanding of summer associate recruiting lifecycle.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Strong writing skills.
Flexibility and ability to work well under pressure and with rapidly changing priorities.
Excellent organizational skills; attention to detail.
Ability to keep confidences and to interface diplomatically with lawyers and staff.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office and LawCruit (or similar recruiting database).

Minimum Education

Bachelor’s degree required.

Benefits:Our goal is to promote a work environment in which individuals have access to the resources they need to be at their best both professionally and personally, which includes resources that encourage individuals to focus on their health and well-being. Below is a list of just some of the benefits we offer: generous paid time off; eleven paid holidays per year; time off for bereavement or jury duty; paid leave for new parents; comprehensive medical (PPO and HDHPs), dental and vision plans including coverage for domestic partners; life and AD&D insurance; short and long term disability insurance; tax-advantaged accounts for health care expenses, including FSA or HSA; FSA for dependent care; supplemental AFLAC policies for medical care; excess liability coverage; health advocacy services; behavioral health and counseling resources for all family members; 401(k); profit sharing; pre-tax transit and parking program; backup care for children and adults; senior care planning support; and resources for individuals with development disabilities and their caregivers.

Benefits may vary by position and office.

Holland & Knight is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran or any other protected class.

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