Legal Recruiting Lateral Coordinator

Debevoise-&-Plimpton-LL; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York seeks a full-time Legal Recruiting Lateral Coordinator to join the Legal Recruiting Department. The role supports lateral partner hiring through interview coordination, candidate communications, and logistics, reporting to the Chief Legal Recruiting Officer.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree and 1–3 years in legal recruiting in a large firm, with strong organizational and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 1-3 years of experience in legal recruiting at a large law firm or professional services preferred.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to prioritize multiple concurrent assignments and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; experience with applicant tracking systems, recruiting databases, or CRM platforms preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate interview schedules for lateral partner candidates and related communications.
• Collect, organize, and distribute candidate resumes, bios, and materials to sponsors and interview teams.
• Keep partners informed of interview progress, candidate status, and upcoming steps in the process.
• Coordinate meeting logistics with Conference Services for interview days.
• Maintain Candidate Tracker Tools and prepare reports for leadership updates.
• Coordinate interview scheduling with search firms and arrange meals and hospitality.
• Support other team members and maintain confidentiality of information.
• Support student, associate, and lateral recruitment initiatives and projects.

Skills

Interview scheduling

Candidate communication

Microsoft Office

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

viRecruit

CRM systems

Excel

Outlook

Job description

LEGAL RECRUITING LATERAL COORDINATOR

legal recruiting

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices, a global perspective and strong New York roots. Our clients look to us to bring a distinctively high degree of quality, intensity and creativity to resolve legal challenges effectively and cost efficiently. We believe in hiring talented and dedicated individuals as members of our administrative community. We draw on the strength of our culture and structure to deliver the best of our firm to our lawyers and clients through true collaboration.

The firm is seeking a full-time Legal Recruiting Lateral Coordinator to join our Legal Recruiting Department. This position reports to the Chief Legal Recruiting Officer.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work on multiple aspects of lateral partner hiring, including interview coordination, candidate communications, and recruiting logistics.
• Coordinate interview schedules for lateral partner candidates.
• Collect, organize, and distribute candidate resumes, biographies, business plans, and other relevant materials to sponsoring partners and interview teams.
• Keep sponsoring partners informed of interview progress, candidate status, and upcoming steps throughout the recruitment process.
• Coordinate meeting logistics with Conference Services to ensure a seamless interview experience.
• Maintain the firm's Candidate Tracker Tools and prepare related reports to support recruiting activity and leadership updates.
• Coordinate interview scheduling and ongoing communications with legal search firms.
• Arrange candidate meals, restaurant reservations, and other hospitality logistics as appropriate.
• Provide support for other members of the lateral partner interview scheduling team as needed.
• Maintain the confidentiality of sensitive candidate and business information while ensuring the highest level of professionalism throughout the recruiting process.
• Support additional student, associate, and lateral partner recruiting initiatives and special projects as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in legal recruiting within a large law firm or a related professional services environment preferred.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to prioritize multiple concurrent assignments and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and Outlook; experience with applicant tracking systems, recruiting databases, or CRM platforms preferred.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with attorneys, search firms, candidates, law schools, vendors, and business services professionals.
• Demonstrated discretion in handling highly confidential and sensitive information.
• Customer service-oriented mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience creating and coordinating complex interview schedules.
• Experience supporting legal work assignments, staffing, evaluations, and summer associate programming.
• Experience planning recruiting, offeree, and summer associate events.
• Knowledge of viRecruit or a comparable applicant tracking system.
• Lateral associate or partner hiring experience.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected category in accordance with U.S. law.