Legal Recruiting Coordinator

Job Description

At K&L Gates, we are looking for smart, imaginative and hard-working people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to join us. Perhaps our search for talented visionaries and your search for important and impactful work lead to the same place.

We are seeking a Legal Recruiting Coordinator to join the firm. Provides support to the Recruiting and Learning and Professional Development (L&PD) functions and coordinates activities, projects, and programs that may be local, national, or global in nature. The Coordinator will be part of a regional team responsible for recruiting efforts in various offices, as well as various firmwide Recruiting and L&PD initiatives.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Local and global HR team; partners and lawyers, including hiring partners, practice area leaders (PALs) and practice group coordinators (PGCs); staff employees and leaders (including Directors of Admin); and external vendors and search firms

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Student and Lateral Associate Recruitment : Coordinate scheduling candidate interviews, travel arrangements, hotel reservations, and expense reimbursements; assist in producing all necessary correspondence related to recruiting efforts; assist with the preparation, coordination, and scheduling of on-campus and job fair interviews; process resumes received from candidates, placement firms, and referrals; maintain recruitment database and all recruitment and candidates files
• Summer Associate Program : Coordinate all events, including orientation, training programs and social events; assist with tracking of summer associate assignments and evaluations; attend summer associate events as necessary; assist in producing necessary correspondence related to the program
• Talent Management : Coordinate pre-arrival and onboarding details for new lawyers, including, but not limited to, bar examination and review course fees, stipend and advance payments, orientation programs, and new hire paperwork
• L&PD : Coordinate with the Professional Development Team regarding Summer and First Year Associate curriculum, including serving as On-Site Coordinator for the office
• Coordinating room bookings, catering, presenter and program materials, room set up, and finalizing attendance numbers
• Organizing and coordinating the production and distribution of training materials

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

EXPERIENCE SKILLS REQUIRED

ADDITIONAL ABILITIES REQUIRED

Compensation Salary $63,000 - $110,000

The compensation salary for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.

ABOUT THE FIRM

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents in more than 40 offices. We have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade and now rank among the largest U.S. based law firms in the world. We take pride in constantly striving for innovation, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit. We come up with big ideas and then roll up our sleeves to get the job done, guiding our clients through their most complex issues in a variety of industry sectors and across multiple regions of the world.

The industry recognition the firm has garnered emanates from the foundation of a global community aligned on behalf of our clients. The people at K&L Gates are committed to working together to create a legacy for each other, the firm, our clients, and the communities in which we serve. We thrive in an inclusive and socially conscious environment that embraces diversity and takes a holistic approach to the career evolution of all our professionals.