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Posted: 11-Sep-24
Location: Washington, D.C.
Type: Full Time
Salary: Competitive
Categories:
Attorney Recruitment
Professional Legal Management
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
Internal Number: 2024-3195
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, a global Am Law 50 firm, has an immediate opening for a Legal Recruiting Assistant in our Washington DC office.
As a member of the Sheppard Mullin’s Entry-Level Recruiting Team, the Legal Recruiting Assistant will support the Washington, D.C. office on all aspects of entry-level recruiting processes, including law student recruiting, the summer associate program, and campus relations; as well as provide administrative support to the firmwide Entry-Level Legal Recruiting team, including Legal Recruiting Coordinators, Regional Recruiting and Talent Management Specialist, the Legal Recruiting Manager, and the Director of Legal Recruiting. Additional responsibilities include assistance with Talent Management goals related to professional development and diversity and inclusion.
Responsibilities:
- Support summer associate hiring process, including, but not limited to:
- Register for on-campus interviews, job fairs and resume collections
- Represent firm at in-person events
- Review candidate application materials for interviewers
- Schedule callback interviews
- Support Recruiting Chairs preparation for Recruiting Committee meetings
- Coordinate candidate follow-up
- Plan and execute offer receptions
- Prepare offer documents
- Review and organize the recruiting department email inbox
- Maintain applicant records; ensure data integrity; and prepare and analyze statistics
- Oversee summer associate programs for assigned offices, including, but not limited to:
- Organize orientation and training programs
- Plan and attend events
- Track summer budgets
- Coordinate work assignments and evaluations
- Monitor and gauge summer associate performance and integration
- Prepare offer decision packets
- Serve as relationship liaison for summer associates, attorneys and business services staff
- Coordinate onboarding, orientation and integration of new associate classes, including, but not limited to:
- Communicate with incoming associates and serve as resource prior to arrival
- Collect HR materials and other onboarding documents
- Coordinate with immigration specialists, as necessary
- Facilitate campus relations, including but not limited to:
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with regional and key law schools, including career services offices and student organizations
- Identify recruitment opportunities that align with firm’s recruiting goals
- Coordinate events with law school student groups and career services offices to support local and national strategic initiatives
- Assist with creating content for and posting social media content for firm’s Instagram account
- Process and track expense vouchers and invoices
- Order and maintain giveaways for students and lawyers
- Support other national talent development programs and initiatives, as necessary
- Administrative support including arranging conference rooms and catering reservations and general filing
- Other responsibilities as assigned
Essential Functions of Job:
- Represent firm at campus and in-office functions and interact and build relationships with candidates
- Maintain Applicant Tracking System and ensure data integrity
- Review and synthesize application materials of candidates
- Report on recruiting and summer program data
- Communicate with law school career services personnel, lawyers and candidates
- Support recruiting chairs and recruiting committee members
- Other responsibilities as assigned to support recruiting function
Qualifications and Experience
Required Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will exhibit the following qualifications:
- 1-2+ years of relevant work experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent judgment and respect for confidentiality
- Team-oriented self-starter
- Ability to prioritize work and multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to interact with all levels of personnel while demonstrating a professional and service- oriented demeanor
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to learn and adapt to new software and processes
Preferred Qualifications: Prior law firm or corporate recruiting experience in a professional services environment a plus.
Education
Required: Bachelor’s Degree
Computer/Software Knowledge
Required: Must have computer skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Preferred:
- Knowledge of viDesktop, Symplicity, and NetDocs systems is a plus
- Advanced web skills and basic web/graphic design skills are helpful
Work Environment
- Current Firm policy is hybrid–working in the office a minimum of 3 days per week, and working from home the rest of the week (subject to change). Additionally, this position will require coming into the office more than 3 days a week during May through August and potentially other months, as needed.
- Overtime may be required as the job duties demand.
Travel Requirements
Up to 25% travel to other U.S. offices for firm and recruiting events, as necessary.
Sheppard Mullin is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, protected medical condition, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.
About Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sheppard Mullin is a full service Am Law 50 firm with over 1000 attorneys in 15 offices located throughout California and in Chicago, Dallas, New York, Washington, D.C., Brussels, London, Seoul, and Shanghai. The firm's California offices are located in Century City, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Del Mar, San Diego, and Silicon Valley.
Global companies turn to Sheppard Mullin to handle a full range of corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the U.S., the firm's clients include half of the Fortune 100 companies.
Our practices include:
Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Entertainment, Finance, Government Contracts, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Land Use, Litigation, Real Estate, Tax, White Collar
Visit our blogs at:
https://www.sheppardmullin.com/publications-blogs.html
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