Legal Recruiting Manager

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# Legal Recruiting Manager **Location:** Downtown Los Angeles, CA **Salary:** $90,000–$130,000 **Schedule:** Hybrid / Remote Flexibility ## About the Opportunity A well-established national law firm is looking for an experienced **Legal Recruiting Manager** to join its Talent Team in Los Angeles. This is a highly visible role for someone who understands the legal recruiting landscape and enjoys building relationships, leading a team, and managing searches from initial strategy through offer and onboarding. You’ll partner closely with firm leadership, practice leaders, and recruiting stakeholders while overseeing both **lateral attorney and law school recruiting initiatives**. ## What You’ll Do - Manage the full recruiting lifecycle for attorneys, including **lateral associates and summer associates** - Partner with senior leadership and practice area leaders to identify and attract top legal talent - Lead attorney searches across California offices - Review and screen candidates and assess qualifications and overall fit - Coordinate interviews, due diligence, approvals, offers, and onboarding - Build and maintain relationships with external search firms and legal recruiters - Lead law school recruiting initiatives, including **OCI, law school events, callback interviews, recruiting committee meetings, and offers** - Manage and develop recruiting team members - Prepare recruiting reports, hiring metrics, and status updates for leadership - Maintain candidate data and recruiting workflows - Manage the annual legal recruiting budget - Serve as a trusted recruiting partner to office and firm leadership - Participate in firmwide recruiting initiatives and special projects - Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, efficiencies, and the overall candidate experience ## What We’re Looking For - Bachelor’s degree - **3+ years of management-level recruiting experience within a law firm** - Strong understanding of the legal industry, recruiting market, and current hiring trends - Prior supervisory or team leadership experience strongly preferred - Experience managing attorney recruiting processes from search through hire - Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to partner effectively with senior stakeholders - Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills - Strong judgment and ability to independently evaluate candidates - Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities and searches simultaneously - Candidate-focused approach with an emphasis on communication and engagement - Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, deadline-driven professional environment ## Why Consider It? This is more than an individual contributor recruiting position. You’ll have the opportunity to **lead a team, influence recruiting strategy, partner directly with firm leadership, and contribute to broader firmwide talent initiatives.** The organization has a national presence with **160+ attorneys across eight offices**, providing exposure to recruiting initiatives across multiple markets.