Job Description

ATTORNEY RECRUITING COORDINATOR

Fisher Phillips, a national employment and labor law firm, is seeking an Attorney Recruiting Coordinator. This position can be located in our Los Angeles/Woodland Hills, Irvine, San Diego, or San Francisco offices. Our range of experience enables us to bring efficient and practical solutions to today's labor and employment law problems. For more information about the firm, please visit us at our website at www.fisherphillips.com.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Attorney Recruiting Coordinator will work with the Recruiting Team to perform day-to-day functions of summer, first-year and lateral associate onboarding, and recruiting. This position will report to the Director of Attorney Recruiting.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinating on campus recruiting, working with selected schools, arranging interviews, coordinating interview call-backs and handling travel arrangements.
• Participate in the planning, coordinating and executing the summer associate programs, including planning social events, tracking summer associate work through our Work Allocation software, and assisting with orientation schedules.
• Establish new relationships and work with existing search firms.
• Source lateral associate candidates, conduct screening interviews, prepare interview summaries, and make interview recommendations.
• Draft and present offer materials to candidates.
• Check references and approve the due diligence information.
• Enter and maintain candidate information into the viRecruit database. 
• Participate in the scheduling of candidate interviews
• Create and maintain regular reports and statistical data on summer associate and associate lateral hiring.
• Process expense reimbursement requests for candidates and incoming associates. 
• Participate in the firm’s strategic recruiting diversity initiatives.
• Prepare new hire forms.
• Perform special projects.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Bachelors’ degree; JD preferred.  2+ years of law firm experience and/or attorney search experience is preferred.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Must be detailed oriented. 
• Must be client service-oriented. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Must be extremely responsive to attorneys, staff, and candidates.
• Must be able to prioritize and juggle multiple projects under deadlines.
• Must observe confidentiality of personnel and firm matters. 
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. 
• Familiarity with the software applications iManage and viGlobal is a plus.

BENEFITS

Fisher Phillips offers a comprehensive benefits package for staff that includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k) and profit sharing, life insurance, long-term disability, and an employee assistance program. We also offer optional benefits such as critical care, accident and hospital indemnity insurance, a student loan refinancing program, life insurance for dependents, and pet insurance.

NO RELOCATION COSTS. PRINCIPALS ONLY; NO CALLS PLEASE.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex (including childbirth, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, uniform service member and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, disability or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.