Legal Recruiting Manager

Manning Kass; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range

Comprehensive benefits

Pet insurance

Referral program

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Manning Kass in Los Angeles is seeking a Legal Recruiting Manager to lead the full recruiting lifecycle for lawyers, summer associates, and lateral hires, while partnering with practice area leaders and senior management.

You will manage the Recruiting Specialist, Coordinators, and Assistants and drive recruiting strategies, contributing to firmwide initiatives with a strong focus on stakeholder relationships and candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of management-level recruiting experience in a law firm.
• Supervisory experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to identify, attract, and hire top lateral talent.
• Coordinate attorney searches for California offices, including candidate research and interviews.
• Collaborate with external search firms and legal recruiters to communicate needs and open positions.
• Oversee screening, due diligence, interviews, offers, and onboarding for lateral hires.
• Coordinate on-campus recruiting initiatives and law school events.
• Prepare recruiting reports, budgets, and status updates.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Team management

Relationship building

Prioritization

Job description

Experience the freedom of working remotely for a portion of your workweek. Our infrastructure enables seamless communication, collaboration, and access to resources from anywhere.

About the Company

Manning Kass is a national civil litigation defense firm that stands out from the rest—every case and client matters. Established in 1994 with just sixteen attorneys, we have expanded over the past thirty years to more than 160 attorneys across eight (8) offices, including major economic hubs like New York and Los Angeles.

About the Role

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic Talent Team dedicated to attracting, hiring, and retaining top-tier legal talent while contributing to firmwide initiatives that shape the future of our workforce.

If you’ve successfully led teams, navigated complex recruiting environments, and built strong relationships with stakeholders, we encourage you to apply.

This position is an exempt position based in Los Angeles and is responsible for the full recruiting lifecycle for lawyers, including summer associates, and lateral associates, while fostering strong partnerships with practice area leaders, senior management and our Professional Teams.

This individual will manage the Recruiting Specialist, Coordinator, and Assistants and also based in Los Angeles. The Legal Recruiting Manager will report to the Firmwide Director of Attorney Recruiting.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Partner with the Director of Attorney Recruiting, Practice Area Leaders, and Office Managing Partner to identify, attract, and hire top lateral talent.


• Partner with the Director of Attorney Recruiting to support attorney searches for the California offices, including assisting with candidate research, interview coordination, due diligence, recruiting materials, and other aspects of the search process as needed.


• Collaborate with external search firms and legal recruiters to communicate hiring needs and open positions.


• Review and screen candidate applications, exercise independent judgment in assessing qualifications and overall fit, coordinate interviews, manage due diligence, and oversee the approval, offer, and onboarding process for lateral hires.


• Coordinate law school recruiting initiatives, including on-campus interviews (OCI), law school events, callback interviews, recruiting committee meetings, and offer preparation for regional law schools and select firmwide target schools.


• Prepare and distribute recruiting reports, hiring metrics, and status updates as needed.


• Manage candidate data and recruiting workflows in database, including resume circulation, offer and rejection correspondence, and statistical reporting.


• Prepare and manage the annual legal recruiting budget.


• Attend administrative meetings with leadership, and serve as trusted advisor to the Office Managing Partners on local recruiting and office initiatives.


• Develop a thorough understanding of firm systems, policies, procedures, client service standards, and strategic priorities to effectively address questions and resolve issues.


• Participate in firmwide recruiting initiatives, special projects, and cross-office recruiting task forces.


• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes and efficiencies, and contribute to projects that enhance internal operations and the overall candidate experience.

Requirements

Experience: A minimum of three (3) years of management-level recruiting experience in a law firm and prior supervisory experience is strongly preferred. Should have a demonstrated understanding of current law firm industry, market trends and philosophies.

Skills

• Strong leadership, management and organizational skills.


• Requires excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, good judgment, a professional demeanor and the ability to provide an excellent first impression of the Firm.


• Must work well with all levels of Firm personnel and establish effective working relationships throughout the Firm.


• Must be highly motivated, creative, flexible and results-oriented and have the ability to prioritize appropriately.


• Must value the importance of the candidate experience and keep candidates informed and engaged.


• Ability to work under pressure and handle stressful situations with composure and resilience in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

Company Offers

• Salary Range $90,000 - $130,000. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.


• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, flexible spending account, and 401K.


• Pet insurance coverage.


• Referral program.


• A company culture that fosters career growth and opportunity.


• All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

Job duties and responsibilities included are not exhaustive and may be supplemented asnecessary. Manning Kass reserves the right to revise or modify job duties and responsibilities at any time.