Legal Recruitment Coordinator

Wilmer Hale is a leading, full-service international law firm with 1,000 lawyers located throughout 12 offices in the United States and Europe. Our lawyers work at the intersection of government, technology and business, and we remain committed to our guiding principles of providing quality, excellent legal and client services; developing diversity among our lawyers and staff and cultivating an environment that promotes an ambitious spirit, collaboration and collegiality by drawing on the extraordinary talents and dynamic experience of our lawyers.

Our goal is to reflect the diversity of our clients and the communities in which we practice.

This position is responsible for the effective, efficient, and consistent delivery of programs and projects in alignment with the Firm's overall competency-based talent management program for lawyers, primarily focusing on legal personnel.

Our Coordinators are expected to collaborate with all Legal Personnel functions
-Legal Personnel, Professional Development and Training;
Inclusion and Opportunity and US Recruitment, as needed.

• In collaboration with the Legal Recruitment Manager, successfully designs, effectively and efficiently coordinates, and evaluates all aspects of the firm's Summer Associate Program including, pre-arrival processes and communications, orientation, mentoring program with partners and associates, social and community service events, diversity events and initiatives, educational and special firm programming.
• In conjunction with Hiring Partner, Summer Program Co-Chairs, Practice Managers, and the Recruitment Manager, generates interest and solicits substantive summer associate work assignments and observational opportunities from the firm's practice areas and pro bono programs. Manages the workload reporting system and evaluation process for summer associates.
• In collaboration with the Legal Recruitment Manager, effectively and efficiently coordinates the law school student recruitment process including supporting efforts for the firm's branding initiatives and targeted law school communications. Facilitates the selection and scheduling of law schools for campus interviews. Schedules student and attorney interviewers for on-campus and in-office interviews. Coordinates and reviews interview feedback and facilitates the hiring decision process with the Hiring Committee;
  
  participates in follow-up activities and monitors the effectiveness of follow-up activity with offerees. Coordinates recruitment receptions, offer dinners and functions, both in-house and on-campus for assigned schools.
• In collaboration with the Legal Recruitment Manager, helps to determine participation in and coordination of on campus recruiting related events used to build the firm brand with students and student organizations.
• Ensures accuracy of recruitment and interview process data and assists with Affidative Action plan compliance and reporting.
• Drafts, processes, and files related recruitment correspondence; runs background checks for all new hires and demonstrates sound judgment when elevating issues as needed.
• Compiles and analyzes recruitment statistics both in preparation for and during the recruitment season for Hiring Committee meetings and ongoing for general firm metrics reporting and external survey purposes.
• Participates in the effective engagement and ongoing relationship building with law schools and law student groups throughout the calendar year (e.g. panel presentations for 1
  
  Ls, events and sponsorship opportunities, communications, etc.).
• Coordinates the recruitment of judicial clerks and aspects of the lateral attorney recruitment process.
• Identifies appropriate sourcing and develops relationships with resources (when applicable) from on-line searches, external job postings, ads, educational institutions, professional associations and publications, employment agencies and search firms.
• Coordinates all aspects of the arrival process for new associate orientation/onboarding, lateral hires, staff attorneys, and technology specialists. Provides substantive feedback and methods for improving and expanding the process.
• Responds to requests of legal and support staff, providing them with general information or directing their requests to the appropriate Administration liaison.

• Assists with staffing in-person and virtual programming as needed.

• In alignment with the firm's strategic goals, objectives, and initiatives, assists with the annual budget preparation and monthly monitoring of accounts, anticipates and resolves discrepancies, handles related payments, reimbursements, and issues.

• Contributes to the Firm's Service Excellence initiative to consistently improve its image internally and externally. Display professionalism, quality service and a "can do" attitude to internal members/departments of the firm as well as external clients and vendors via electronic and print correspondence,…