Lateral Legal Recruiting Specialist

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Lateral Legal Recruiting Specialist

The candidate will work closely with senior partners within practice areas regarding lateral needs; day to day management and professional development of local recruiting team; relationship building with recruits, search firms, and vendors; budget planning; industry research. Proactively communicate and collaborate with senior partners within practice areas regarding lateral needs. Provide strategic direction for lateral hiring programs and facilitate executing them. Act as primary contact for lateral candidates and headhunters. Source candidates and review candidate materials. Schedule interviews and meet candidates. Collect and distribute interview feedback. Accurately track all candidates. Update the firm's website with open position information. Work with the Immigration and Mobility Manager on pipeline of transfer attorneys to/from other the firm offices. Prepare new-hire paperwork. Coordinate new-hire orientation and onboarding. Collaborate with the Attorney Engagement team on lateral attorney integration. Provide reports and statistical data as needed. Provide guidance to junior lateral team members on hiring best practices. Collaborate in the lateral attorney offer and hiring process, including preparing, updating, and overseeing the correspondence of offer letters, reviewing offers for consistency and uniformity, conducting due diligence, facilitating attorney registration, and identifying liability issues. Work with attorneys and assist local and firm management in the negotiation of lateral hire compensation, utilizing market trends and conditions that may affect compensation, bonuses, raises, and benefits. Ensure the regular maintenance of, and contribution to, attorney applicant databases for purposes of lateral applicant tracking, NALP reporting, and reference checking; develop, prepare and analyze relevant reports and projections regarding attorney attrition, market analysis, hours and billing rates. Collaborate with other the firm offices and departments to identify efficiencies and best practices, including efficient in-take of lateral hires/orientation programs. Work closely with the LRD team to assist with ad hoc projects as needed. Bachelor’s degree combined with 7+ years of recruiting experience, preferably in a large law firm or other professional services environment is required. Experience with ViDesktop is preferred.

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Job ID: 6690

Company info

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York
New York
United States 10022
Website : https://www.kirkland.com