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Job Description Summary :

The Legal Recruiting Manager will manage the day-to-day functions of lateral associate and counsel to ensure top-notch talent acquisition. The Legal Recruiting Manager will also help execute the student recruiting strategy and annual summer program.

The Manager will work closely with the Firm’s Hiring Partners, Practice Area Leaders, and Recruiting Department colleagues to ensure that the Firm achieves success in its recruiting and hiring efforts.

This position can be based in any of our office locations and offers a hybrid work arrangement, allowing you to work both from home and at your designated Fenwick office. The frequency of in-office work will be determined by business needs and guided by your department's directives.

Job Description :

Lateral Attorney Recruiting

• Provide day-to-day planning and management in lateral associate recruiting operations for patent agents, associates, and counsel candidates.
• Work with the Director of Attorney Recruiting to develop and execute recruiting plans, including attorney job postings, ensuring the efficient tracking and filling open positions, developing a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need, developing new sources for active and passive candidate recruiting, and building networks.
• Partner with practice group leaders and partner liaisons to assist in forecasting of attorney recruiting needs and developing associate recruiting strategies and sourcing plans.
• Systematize the search process and manage each search from start to finish in an organized and efficient manner.
• Foster relationships with legal industry contacts, search firms and local law schools and universities.
• Collaborate with Legal Personnel on immigration needs, including visa application and renewal process for candidates, as needed.
• Analyze and interpret firmwide and industry data to provide regular and ad hoc reports and analysis of law student recruiting, summer associate, and fall associate data to local hiring committee.
• Collaborate with Legal Training & Development and Legal Personnel to integrate and onboard new associates, patent agents, and counsel.
• Remain up-to-date on market data and research in connection with compensation and other market data and trends.
• Keep abreast of lateral hiring trends and law firm news in the local and national markets.
• Oversee 3L law school student recruiting as needed.

Student Recruiting

General

Desired Skills and Qualifications

Reporting to the Director of Attorney Recruiting, the ideal candidate will have 8+ years of related experience in law firm and / or in-house legal department. Bachelor's degree required; Knowledge of LawCruit, Florecruit, viRecruit, and / or Workday a plus.

Benefits and Compensation Details :

At Fenwick, we believe that our partners and employees are our most important asset. Helping you and your families achieve and maintain good health - physical, emotional, and financial - is the reason we offer a comprehensive benefit program. We provide benefits to eligible employees under plans such as Healthcare, Life Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Wellbeing.

The anticipated range for this position is :

126,000 - $189,000

Depending on the role, the actual base salary offered may depend upon a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and / or from which they will be performing the job.

A discretionary bonus for eligible employees may also be available based on performance.  Additional information about employee eligibility for benefits and discretionary bonus will be made available upon request.