Hybrid: Temporary Attorney Recruiting Coordinator

wsgr; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilson Sonsini in San Diego is seeking a polished Temporary Attorney Recruiting Coordinator to support the Attorney Recruiting team and hiring partners. This role offers a hybrid work schedule and requires collaboration across offices and external partners.

You will plan summer programs, coordinate patent-agent recruiting events, and handle onboarding, communications, and offer letters. Strong planning, bias awareness, and people skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 2+ years of professional recruiting experience, preferably in a law firm or professional services firm.
• Event planning or logistics experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of the attorney recruiting process and legal employment issues.
• Ability to set priorities, work independently and handle a variety of duties effectively under time constraints.
• Ability to understand unconscious bias and its effect on recruiting and hiring.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work well with all levels of firm personnel as well as external clients, including search firms and vendors.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Superior analytical, attention to detail, planning and organizational skills.
• Highly motivated and creative with ability to make sound business decisions.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with the appropriate discretion.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Law School Attorney Recruiting Senior Manager to plan summer program efforts for the San Diego program.
• Work closely with the IP Attorney Recruiting team to plan, coordinate and lead patent agent recruiting events in the San Diego region.
• Coordinate and oversee all administrative aspects involved in on-campus, entry level, lateral and patent agent recruiting, including registering for on-campus interview programs and job fairs, scheduling interviews, monitoring candidates throughout the process, preparing and sending offer letters, coordinating follow-up efforts and onboarding process for the San Diego office.
• Work with Career Services professionals, law school student groups, affinity groups and other educational institutions (including hosting and coordinating events in the office and on-campus for assigned schools) to advance the Firm's recruiting strategies.
• Collaborate with administrative departments on onboarding and integrating new hires, including coordinating new associate integration activities for the San Diego summer, fall, lateral and patent agent hires.
• Maintain recruiting records and generate viRecruit and Workday reports.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Workday

viRecruit

Job description

Wilson Sonsini in San Diego is seeking a polished Temporary Attorney Recruiting Coordinator to support the Attorney Recruiting team and hiring partners. This role offers a hybrid work schedule and requires collaboration across offices and external partners.

You will plan summer programs, coordinate patent-agent recruiting events, and handle onboarding, communications, and offer letters. Strong planning, bias awareness, and people skills are essential.