Attorney Recruiting Coordinator

Fenwick & West
Palo Alto, CA
Category Legal
Job Description
Fenwick is seeking an Attorney Recruiting Coordinator who will collaborate closely with the Attorney Recruiting team and other teams across the firm to coordinate recruiting efforts related to hiring law students, lateral attorneys, partner recruiting, entry-level associates, temporary attorneys, staff attorneys, and patent agents.

Requirements

  • Schedule and coordinate candidate interviews.
  • Draft and finalize attorney offer letters.
  • Generate reports, including LawCruit, Workday, Smartsheet, recruiting database and other spreadsheets.
  • Build and maintain good relationships with universities and other educational institutions.
  • Post job ads and source potential candidates.
  • Act as a liaison with lateral hires, search firms, and summer associates.
  • Work closely with the Senior Manager of Attorney Recruiting and law school team to coordinate Summer Program events, summer associate work assignment system, track evaluations, follow-up with attorneys, coordinate mid-summer and exit reviews.
  • Prepare registration materials for fall on-campus interviewing, coordinate law school and hotel arrangements for on-campus interviewers if needed and register for law school on-campus interviews when applicable.
  • Work closely with the Senior Manager of Attorney Recruiting and law school team to coordinate spring law school presentations, law firm branding events and receptions.
  • Work closely with the Senior Manager of Attorney Recruiting on identifying and registering for STEAM Career Fairs related to Patent Engineer and Patent Scientist hiring.
  • Work closely with the Senior Attorney Recruiting Manager on scheduling partner recruiting interviews and updating partner candidate dashboard and other materials/databases as requested.
  • Coordinate hiring and pre-arrival actions for lateral attorneys, including reference checks, conflicts submittals, State bar verifications and relocation.
  • Act as a liaison with lateral hires, coordinating new hire paperwork, start dates and relocation as needed.
  • Collaborate with other departments to arrange first-week orientation and integration activities.
  • Staff and coordinate temporary document review needs of the firm, including, but not limited to, requesting conflicts checks, processing hires in Workday and maintaining the temporary attorney’s status throughout the review engagement.
  • Collaborate with Lateral Recruiting Manager in assisting new hires with immigration applications as needed.

Benefits

  • Healthcare
  • Life Insurance
  • Health Savings Accounts
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Wellbeing
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