Manager, Early Careers Legal - Americas

Job Description - Manager, Early Careers Legal Recruitment - Americas )

Manager, Early Careers Legal Recruitment - Americas

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working around the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 124 nationalities and speak 95 languages.

We are looking for a high caliber individual to help us take our recruitment function to the next level and be a best in class function. This candidate will have excellent client relationship management skills as well as outstanding professional presence. They will be responsible for leading and executing on strategy, and creating strong connectivity within the team as well as their peers within the broader People Team.

• Lead and manage the overall early careers legal recruitment strategy for the Los Angeles office
• Think creatively, commercially and competitively to meet our objectives of hiring top talent and recruiting for long-term strategic fit
• Serve as the Firm’s relationship manager with key contacts at specific law schools (i.e., career services, placement offices, deans, faculties, student organizations) by organizing, tracking and planning outreach activities and sponsor ships. Continually source and develop these relationships to ensure meaningful engagement and dialogue that is differentiated from our competitors
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure broad attorney engagement and attendance at all events
• Work with Partners and Career Services to identify strong candidates on campus and ultimately cultivate these target recruits throughout the process
• Lead the planning and execution of the on-campus interview season; track and manage candidates from application/resume screening stage through callback interviews; manage and track all interview feedback; facilitate meetings where offer decisions are made; follow up with candidates regarding final status
• Monitor and drive the sell process for all candidates once an offer has been extended
• Responsible for the planning, implementation, and execution of the summer associate program, including, but not limited to, organizing and participating in various internal and external events and trainings; maintaining a summer budget; overseeing the summer associate review process and mentoring program; acting as a resource to summer associates to ensure integration and smooth transition from law school to law firm
• Keep abreast of trends in recruitment, market intelligence, and competitor benchmarking
• Build relationships with key contacts within the business and HR functions and partner with them on regional strategy/ business plans
• Manage all reporting, metrics, and data management, and be able to present data and trend analysis to key stakeholders and use data to make and support strategic proposals, and modify regional and global core objectives as needed
• Ensure a consistent, on-brand message is conveyed to candidates
• Develop and manage junior member of the LA Early Careers Recruitment team

• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional recruitment experience in a law firm or other professional services’ organization
• Ability to quickly develop relationships with internal and external clients, such as the broader Recruitment team, People team and…