Remote Legal Recruiter — Relationship‑Driven Search

Next Level Exchange; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Level Exchange seeks an experienced Legal Recruiter to join its Legal Solutions Group, focusing on attorney and legal professional placements. The role emphasizes outbound outreach, relationship-building, and driving successful searches for clients across law firms and corporate legal departments.

You will partner with the Practice Leader, leverage established client relationships, and have opportunities to expand into broader responsibilities as you grow.

Qualifications

• Legal experience/knowledge required.
• 1+ years recruiting experience; agency/search experience preferred, but strong in-house or law-firm recruiting backgrounds will be considered.
• Comfortable with proactive, phone-driven recruiting and reaching out to passive candidates.
• Polished, professional, and relationship-focused when communicating with attorneys, partners, legal leaders, and clients.
• Motivated by performance, commission upside, and the opportunity to build within an established legal practice.

Responsibilities

• Identify and engage attorneys and legal professionals through outbound calling, sourcing, networking, referrals, email, and targeted outreach.
• Build trusted relationships with legal professionals, understand their career goals, and connect them with opportunities that make sense.
• Own the candidate-side execution of active searches, including pipelines, priorities, follow-up, interview coordination, and search timelines.
• Continue building your network and knowledge across law firms, corporate legal departments, and the broader legal market.
• Take on account management and client interaction based on your experience and interests.

Skills

Legal recruiting

Phone outreach

Candidate relationships

Agency recruiting

In-house recruiting

Law firm recruiting

Job description

Next Level Exchange seeks an experienced Legal Recruiter to join its Legal Solutions Group, focusing on attorney and legal professional placements. The role emphasizes outbound outreach, relationship-building, and driving successful searches for clients across law firms and corporate legal departments.

You will partner with the Practice Leader, leverage established client relationships, and have opportunities to expand into broader responsibilities as you grow.