Gibsondunn

Recruiting Coordinator

Los Angeles. Posted a month ago

The role

The Recruiting Coordinator coordinates all activities and processes for law school recruiting and lateral associate hiring. This role involves working with recruiting leadership to manage recruitment efforts, candidate visits, and office events.

What you will do

  • Collaborate in planning and managing office recruitment efforts for summer, new, and lateral associates.
  • Act as a liaison to summer associates, career services offices, candidates, and firm staff.
  • Assist with reviewing and selecting candidate applications for the Hiring Committee.
  • Support planning and executing the annual summer program administration, budget, and calendar.
  • Attend summer associate social events when required.
  • Organize and manage on-campus interview logistics.
  • Direct candidate visits and law student recruitment callbacks.
  • Organize follow-up dinners and other events for assigned schools.
  • Maintain recruitment records, hiring reports, and statistics.
  • Attend the annual Hiring Committee Spring Meeting and Los Angeles Area Legal Recruiting Association meetings.

Required qualifications

  • Excellent written and oral communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handle high volume, and juggle multiple projects with attention to detail.
  • Must consistently display good judgment and maintain confidence of personal and sensitive information.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Some event planning experience required.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Minimum of three years’ legal recruiting experience

Benefits

  • health care
  • retirement benefits
  • paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time
  • parental leave
  • basic life insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • discretionary, performance-based bonuses

About the company

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. The firm's work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.

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