Contract | Legal Recruiting Assistant - ENTRY LEVEL

LOD is currently seeking several contract Legal Recruiting Assistants for a hybrid assignments (3 days in office, at least) in Washington, DC.

This role is expected to last at least one month and will pay about $23-26/hour based on experience.

The successful candidate must be able to start immediately as this is an active contract need.

Recent college grads with some law firm internships highly encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists with the organization and implementation of the Summer Associate Program, including but not limited to, tracking pre-arrival information, drafting arrival notices, scheduling orientation sessions and exit interviews, creating nametags, and assisting in the planning of social events and training programs.
• Assists with all aspects of the on-campus interview process, including, but not limited to, registering for on-campus interview programs, resume collect programs and job fairs, maintaining on-campus interview and candidate files, and scheduling candidates for interviews.
• Responsible for answering the Recruiting Department main phone line and directing calls as appropriate.
• Responsible for monitoring the general Legal Recruiting Outlook email account on a daily basis and fielding emails as appropriate.
• Assists the Legal Recruitment Manager with organization of lateral associate and judicial clerk candidate applications, including but not limited to, preparing summaries of candidates for hiring partner review and corresponding with select search firms.
• Maintains legal recruiting database, viRecruit, and all candidate files.
• Prepares all department correspondence to potential candidates and incoming legal personnel.
• Coordinates payments for incoming and lateral associate hires (bar, clerkship, moving/travel expenses), as well as travel expenses for associate and summer associate candidates.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least one year in a law firm setting ideal.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to foster and maintain cohesive working relationships.
• Basic organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize, multi-task and manage workload to meet specific timeframes and deadlines.
• Developed writing and communication skills.

LOD offers non-attorney flexible talent placement rates that range from $15 to $100 per hour depending upon experience level and specific skills requested by the client, the candidate’s general skill set, applicability of candidate skill set to client need, client budget, number of hours requested, and other factors. A specific rate of pay for a project will be discussed with you if it is determined that you are a potential fit for a role.