Legal Talent Coordinator — Recruiting & Associate Life

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in Palo Alto is seeking a Legal Recruiting & Associate Life Assistant to support on-campus and in-office interviews, coordinate candidate scheduling, and help plan summer associate events and programs.

You will act as a point of contact for Bay Area attorneys, assist with materials and databases, and provide general administrative support to the Legal Talent team through busy recruiting seasons.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience in a professional services office environment preferred.
• 1 year of legal recruiting and/or event planning preferred.
• Experience with recruiting databases and tools like Symplicity, FloRecruit and viDesktop is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and schedule on-campus and in-office interviews for lateral, law clerk, LLM, 3L and summer candidates.
• Assist with school-specific campus outreach, including planning 1L events and tracking sponsorships.
• Prepare materials for attorneys participating in summer candidate interviews and packets.
• Attend and assist with planning recruiting receptions, partner events, and candidate dinners.
• Maintain accurate candidate information in recruiting databases and support summer program logistics.

Skills

Legal recruiting

Event planning

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Overtime flexibility

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Symplicity

FloRecruit

viDesktop

MS Word

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in Palo Alto is seeking a Legal Recruiting & Associate Life Assistant to support on-campus and in-office interviews, coordinate candidate scheduling, and help plan summer associate events and programs.

You will act as a point of contact for Bay Area attorneys, assist with materials and databases, and provide general administrative support to the Legal Talent team through busy recruiting seasons.