Legal Recruiting Coordinator

Consilio LLC; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Consilio LLC is seeking a Legal Recruiting Coordinator for a hybrid role based in Santa Monica, CA. You will support attorney recruiting, onboarding, and professional development while collaborating with attorneys, HR, and leadership.

Responsibilities include coordinating interview logistics, summer program activities, onboarding processes, and administrative support across recruiting, HR, and development functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of experience in legal recruiting, HR, office admin, campus recruiting, or professional services.
• Law firm or professional services background preferred.
• Experience supporting recruiting, onboarding, summer programs, or professional development is desirable.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, applicant tracking systems, HRIS platforms, and recruiting databases.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and multitasking abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships with attorneys, candidates, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate attorney recruiting activities, including interview scheduling, candidate communications, travel, accommodations, and expense reimbursements.
• Support recruitment of lateral associates, judicial clerks, entry-level attorneys, and summer associates.
• Assist with law school recruiting, job fairs, networking events, and recruiting receptions.
• Maintain recruiting databases, applicant tracking systems, candidate files, evaluations, and related documentation.
• Serve as a point of contact for candidates, attorneys, law schools, search firms, and vendors.
• Coordinate orientation programs, training sessions, social events, and program communications for the Summer Associate Program.
• Coordinate onboarding activities for new hires, including orientation, background checks, documentation, and reimbursements.
• Support employee lifecycle processes, including status changes and offboarding, and respond to routine onboarding inquiries.
• Assist with attorney training and professional development programs, including scheduling, attendance tracking, room reservations, catering, and materials preparation.
• Provide general administrative support to recruiting, HR, and professional development functions.

Skills

Legal recruiting

Relationship building

Organization

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Applicant tracking systems

HRIS platforms

Job description

Consilio's Direct Hire Division is seeking a Legal Recruiting Coordinator for a hybrid opportunity based in Santa Monica, CA. This role offers the chance to support attorney recruiting, onboarding, professional development, and employee engagement initiatives within a dynamic and collaborative law firm environment.

The Legal Recruiting Coordinator will play a key role in supporting recruiting and talent development efforts, partnering closely with attorneys, firm leadership, Human Resources, and professional development teams. This position is responsible for creating a seamless candidate and employee experience while helping manage the day-to-day operations of a busy legal recruiting function.

Key Responsibilities

Legal Recruiting

• Coordinate attorney recruiting activities, including interview scheduling, candidate communications, travel arrangements, accommodations, and expense reimbursements.
• Support recruitment of lateral associates, judicial clerks, entry-level attorneys, and summer associates.
• Assist with law school recruiting, job fairs, networking events, and recruiting receptions.
• Maintain recruiting databases, applicant tracking systems, candidate files, evaluations, and related documentation.
• Serve as a point of contact for candidates, attorneys, law schools, search firms, and vendors.

Summer Associate Program

• Coordinate orientation programs, training sessions, social events, and program communications.
• Assist with evaluations, work assignment tracking, attendance monitoring, and event logistics.
• Support broader summer associate programming and recruiting initiatives as needed.

Onboarding, Human Resources & Professional Development

• Coordinate onboarding activities for new hires, including orientation schedules, background checks, documentation, and reimbursements.
• Support employee lifecycle processes, including status changes and offboarding.
• Respond to routine onboarding and policy-related inquiries.
• Assist with attorney training and professional development programs, including scheduling, attendance tracking, room reservations, catering, and materials preparation.

Administrative Support

• Assist with employee recognition initiatives, office events, reporting, document preparation, data entry, and special projects.
• Provide general administrative support to recruiting, HR, and professional development functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of experience in legal recruiting, human resources, office administration, campus recruiting, or a professional services environment.
• Previous law firm or professional services experience strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting recruiting, onboarding, summer programs, or professional development initiatives is highly desirable.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, applicant tracking systems, HRIS platforms, and recruiting databases.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and multitasking abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships with attorneys, candidates, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• High level of professionalism, attention to detail, and confidentiality.
• Self-starter who can work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment.

Salary Range:

$70,000 - $84,000 annually.