Legal Recruiting Manager at Allen Matkins

About Allen Matkins

For more than 45 years, Allen Matkins has worked with clients drawn to us by our reputation for market-leading solutions, pragmatism, exemplary quality, approachability, and our unparalleled network of contacts and connections in business and government.  Founded with deep roots in real estate, the firm has leveraged that foundation to grow and build prominent environmental and natural resources, land use, litigation, corporate, tax, labor and employment, and bankruptcy/restructuring practices which allow us to partner with clients across myriad industries and markets. Our firm’s success is driven by our commitment to hiring and developing top talent, ensuring a team that delivers exceptional work and service to our clients. We are guided by our core values: our people are our most important resource; we have a commitment to quality work, all the time; and we work as a team with each other and with our clients - we foster camaraderie.

About the Position

The Legal Recruiting Manager plays a critical role in advancing the firm’s strategic talent initiatives. Reporting to the Chief Recruiting Officer, this position is responsible for managing law student recruitment, overseeing the summer associate program, and strengthening the firm’s relationships with key law schools. This position is currently a hybrid role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Law Student Recruiting

• Partner with the Chief Recruiting Officer to develop and implement recruiting strategies at target law schools
• Provide leadership and supervise junior team members, as well as other support staff indirectly
• Drive efforts to increase firm visibility at target law schools
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with law school career services offices
• Lead law school hiring efforts, including overall strategy, registration, callback and offer/follow-up process
• Oversee the interview process, candidate communications, and database management for student recruiting
• Manage the firmwide summer associate program, including budget, events, training, work assignments, and evaluations

Other

• Work with the Chief Recruiting Officer on strategic projects as needed
• Keep up-to-date on industry trends, best practices, and innovations in legal recruitment and leverage insights and market intelligence to adapt the firm’s student recruiting strategy 

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of seven years of law firm recruiting or related campus recruiting experience

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to manage all aspects of campus/student recruiting programs
• Ability to provide exceptional customer service to internal and external clients
• Team player who is committed to superior standards of professionalism and productivity
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Capacity to work well under pressure
• Discretion in dealing with confidential information
• Detail-oriented work manner, and ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proactive and flexible approach, and willingness to adjust to changing priorities
• Flexibility to occasionally travel outside of the Southern California area, attend events, and to work extended hours as needed to meet deadlines and business needs
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
• Experience with ViRecruit, FloRecruit and Symplicity is preferred

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement
Allen Matkins is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, veteran status, all other characteristics prohibited by law, or gender identity and/or expression.

California Consumer Privacy Act

We will collect the personal information you provide in connection with this application as well as information included with any other document(s) you provide us. We may use this information to evaluate your application and consider you for employment with Allen Matkins. We may share this information with third parties for any of the following purposes: (i) to confirm the accuracy of the information provided; (ii) to conduct a background check; (iii) to confirm or evaluate potential conflicts of interest; and/or (iv) to check references. If you accept an offer with Allen Matkins, we may use this information to provide you with the benefits of your employment. Our employees' personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy, available at https://www.allenmatkins.com/disclaimers/privacy-policy.html. 

Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Compensation

Allen Matkins is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers a competitive compensation & benefits package. The anticipated base salary range for this full-time role is $160,000.00- $185,000.00 per year. Actual salary will depend upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience, job-related skills, qualifications, and location. 

The base salary range displayed on the job posting reflects the estimated range for new hire salaries for the position. The actual offered base salary will be determined by work location and additional factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience, job-related skills and qualifications. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external business factors.