Legal Recruiting Associate Coordinator

Sidley Austin (TX) LLP; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Benefits package

Job summary

Sidley Austin LLP is seeking a Legal Recruiting Associate Coordinator in Texas. You will coordinate interviews, manage events, and handle administrative tasks essential to the recruiting process for attorneys and law students.

This role requires strong organization, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. The position supports student recruiting, summer program administration, and collaboration with the Marketing and HR teams.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree.
• Preferred: Recruiting experience in a law firm environment, 1 year of relevant experience.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills; ability to handle multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate scheduling of interviews and manage the recruiting calendar.
• Serve as liaison for attorneys and students before interviews, greet candidates, and oversee in-office interviews.
• Assist with offer letters, data entry, and maintaining the recruiting database.
• Support summer program activities, training, and orientation logistics.
• Assist with recruiting events, law school presentations, and sponsorship tracking.
• Process recruiting expenses and liaise with Marketing for candidate directories.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Strong attention to detail

Strong interpersonal communication

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Recruiting experience in a law firm environment

Job description

The Legal Recruiting Associate Coordinator serves as a key point of contact for attorneys and law students. This role involves coordinating various aspects of the recruiting process, including scheduling interviews, organizing events, and managing administrative tasks. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Student Recruiting

• Assist in managing law school accounts and OCI participation.
• Schedule candidate interviews
• Act as the primary liaison for attorneys and students before interviews, communicate any schedule changes, greet candidates, and oversee in-office interviews.
• Assist with candidate follow up and draft offer letters.
• Assist with data entry for all candidate and maintain recruiting database with candidate updates.
• Send out reimbursement letters to applicants and letters to other firms regarding shared NALP expenses.
• Collect and maintain data and files for incoming fall associates.
• Assist and attend recruiting events, law school presentations and in-office programs.
• Assist in coordinating and tracking sponsorships.
• Submit candidate internet research requests.

Summer Program

• Maintain Summer Associate files and paperwork.
• Assist in coordinating the arrival of Summer Associates, including pre-summer communications.
• Create and assemble orientation packets for summer associates.
• Maintain the HN summer page on @Sidley.
• Monitor Summer Associate work projects and assignments and enter project information into LawCruit.
• Assist in coordinating Summer Associate training and orientation schedules, securing attorneys to host programming.
• Assist in confirming attorney/summer associate mentor teams.
• Draft materials for training sessions.
• Assist in coordinating and attending summer events, including weekly lunch pairings, invite lists, vendor communication, calendar invites and logistics, reminder emails, menu selections, and payments.
• Draft and send out weekly internal emails.
• Maintain a detailed budget and expenses spreadsheet.

Other

• Keep track of inventory of swag/marketing materials and order additional supplies from the warehouse, as needed, for recruiting purposes.
• Create, distribute, and collect results from internal surveys.
• Assist with website enhancement for recruiting purposes (extranet), including collaboration with web editors to update internal and external recruiting websites.
• Process recruiting expenses as needed.
• Liaise with the Marketing department to create new associate/summer associate directories.

Education and/or Experience

• Required: Bachelor’s degree
• Preferred: Recruiting experience in a law firm environment 1 year of relevant experience

Other Skills and Abilities

• Strong organizational skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Good judgment
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others
• Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities
• #LI-TM1
• #LI-Hybrid

Salary and Benefits

The target salary range for this role is: $55,000 - $60,000 if located in Texas.

Salaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the relevant market, skills, experience, and education of the selected candidate.

Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program.

Benefits information can be found at Sidley.com/Benefits.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities above satisfactorily and meet the requirements. The requirements listed above are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email [e-mail] (current employees should contact Human Resources).

Sidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Sidley is an elite global law firm with a known reputation of deploying innovative strategies to achieve powerful results. Business professionals are essential to the firm’s ability to deliver the highest quality legal services to our clients. We are always looking for talented, motivated individuals who thrive in a performance-driven culture to join our team. We encourage you to explore current openings and check back for future opportunities that align with your skills, experience, and career goals. If you find a suitable position, please submit your resume. Our recruitment team will review your materials and contact you if your qualifications fit our needs. Connect with our recruiting team, and we will reach out should an opportunity arise that aligns with your experience and qualifications.

Sidley employs approximately 2,300 lawyers working with our clients in complex transactional, restructuring, crisis management, investigation, regulatory, and litigation matters. Our 160 years of perspective and reach are truly global, supported by 21 offices strategically situated in key commercial, regulatory, and financial centers across the world. Our lawyers and business professionals, fluent in more than 75 languages, possess the cultural awareness and cross-border legal acumen needed to bring clarity to a dynamic business landscape.