Legal Recruiting Associate — Summer & 1L-3L Programs

Sidley Austin (NY) LLP; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sidley Austin LLP in New York is seeking a Legal Recruiting Associate Administrator to support the Senior Legal Recruiting Manager with planning and executing the summer associate program and firm’s 1L/2L/3L recruiting strategies. You will coordinate events, onboarding, and materials, and manage records in LawCruit.

You will work across the team, support law student callbacks, and help ensure confidential, efficient recruiting operations. The role is hybrid with overtime during peak season.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Two years of legal recruiting experience.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills; excellent written and oral communication; proactive work style.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Provide general support to the Senior Legal Recruiting Manager.
• Assist in coordinating and planning all aspects of the summer associate program.
• Maintain accurate records for the summer program.
• Assist with summer associate onboarding and orientation.
• Attend summer associate program events as required.
• Coordinate summer associate mid- and end-of-summer reviews.
• Coordinate 1L events and sponsorship opportunities as needed.
• Coordinate 1L and 2L recruiting materials and processing of applications and callback decisions.
• Schedule a portion of law student callback interviews.

Skills

Legal recruiting experience

Organizational skills

Time management

Written communication

Oral communication

Proactive

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Sidley Austin LLP in New York is seeking a Legal Recruiting Associate Administrator to support the Senior Legal Recruiting Manager with planning and executing the summer associate program and firm’s 1L/2L/3L recruiting strategies. You will coordinate events, onboarding, and materials, and manage records in LawCruit.

You will work across the team, support law student callbacks, and help ensure confidential, efficient recruiting operations. The role is hybrid with overtime during peak season.